Many of the projection systems predict that Ohtani will fashion a strikeout rate in the 28 to 29 percent range. That should put him in comfortable territory to cash in on this wager. If he can actually make a few starts over the 20 mark, you’ll certainly head to the virtual pay window.

It's the World Series-champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Tokyo Dome to start the Major League Baseball season

The response to Shohei Ohtani at the Tokyo Dome Friday re-established a longstanding truth about the Dodgers: In Japan’s view, there is Ohtani and then there is everyone else.