Shohei Ohtani surprises partner of brand-new Dodgers colleague Joe Kelly with a Porsche

Christmas came a couple of days early for Joe Kelly’s betterhalf, Ashley, courtesy of Kelly’s brand-new Dodgers colleague Shohei Ohtani.

The Kellys were amazed at their Southern California home on Thursday with the shipment of a brand-new Porsche — bought for Ashley by Ohtani. 

Just like Ohtani has set a brand-new basic for on-field quality amongst MLB stars, he has likewise set a brand-new basic for the popular present that a gamer provides a brand-new colleague in exchange for his jersey number. Joe Kelly used No. 17 with the Dodgers last season.

But Ohtani’s present for Ashley is likewise a nod to the project she waged on social media after her hubby had concurred to re-sign with the Dodgers — and while Ohtani was still choosing which group he would indication with in one of the most impactful free-agency choices in modern-day MLB history.

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Ashley’s funny — and eventually effective — #Ohtake17 videos revealed her offering to contribute all her customized Dodgers No. 17 product to Ohtani if he chose to indication with the group, even hilariously relabeling her and Joe’s youngest child Kai to “ShoKai” as an temptation.

Ashley lateron published a celebratory video after Ohtani revealed he would in truth indication with the Dodgers — exposing her spouse’s brand-new No. 99 in the procedure.

Apparently, Ohtani took notification, even however Joe Kelly informed Dodgers radio host David Vassegh that he neverever infact asked his brand-new superstar colleague for anything in return for the jersey number.

It’s simply the mostcurrent example of Ohtani going above and beyond with his brand-new colleagues in his veryfirst coupleof weeks as a Dodger. His agreement not just consistsof an extraordinary quantity of postponed cash so the group has as much payroll versatility as possible to develop a competitor around him, however he’s likewise taken an active function in recruiting other stars to L.A.

Ohtani taped a video message for Tyler Glasnow as the Dodgers were negotiating a trade and extension for the one-time Tampa Bay Rays ace, and he was part of the group’s complimentary representative conference at Dodger Stadium with his World Baseball Classic colleague, Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

Both of those recruiting relocations paid off — Yamamoto and Glasnow will now heading a unexpectedly packed 2024 Dodgers beginning rotation that figures to get even muchbetter the following season when Ohtani returns to the mound after recuperating from the torn UCL he suffered in 2023. 

Ohtani and Yamamoto even commemorated their brand-new chapter with the Dodgers on Saturday night, going out to supper at Matsuhisa Beverly Hills as visitors of wellknown Japanese chef Nobu Matsuhisa.

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