Oh youngboy. We may be in the last phases of the Shohei Ohtani totallyfree firm sweepstakes.
Jon Morosi reports the slugger/pitcher’s “decision is impending,” with the call coming possibly on Friday. He likewise called the Toronto Blue Jays as “one finalist.”
About that: Just like we’ve seen with college coaches and with Taylor Swift, fans out there are tracking possible flights that might show where Ohtani is going.
And there’s one airplane individuals on Reddit and X (formerly Twitter) that has everybody thinking Ohtani might be on his method to … the Blue Jays.
It’s a flight from Santa Ana to Toronto that every baseball fan is seeing on FlightAware (hat idea to Reddit’s r/baseball page):
Private airplane from John Wayne to yyz leaving tomorrow earlymorning popped up a couple of hours back. https://t.co/pkFNxIiJ4P. Probably not associated however…
— G Zipman (@Gzipman) December 8, 2023
There’s some dispute over it:
Love that @glenjaminc has the flight log.
Keep in mind that yes is states personal owner, however appearance at the all of the various locations. This is a airplane that is chartered on the reg!
I can’t discover anywhere that Ohtani OWNS a private jet so he would likely be chartering a pj pic.twitter.com/5oG5kHUfmB— Jim Riley | BALLCAP Sports YT (@JimRileyLive) December 8, 2023
Yesterday a personal