The money also was used to purchase $325,000 worth of valuable baseball cards, prosecutors and Ohtani's legal team ... to devote my life so Shohei can be the best version of himself on the field.

The prosecutors pointed to Mizuhara using the stolen funds to buy baseball cards ... Ohtani "as a baseball player and a human being and I was committed to devote my life so Shohei can be the best ...

The former interpreter for Japanese baseball star Shohei ... the best version of himself on the field. I want to say I am truly sorry for violating his trust in me.”Mizuhara accessed Ohtani ...

He was also sentenced to three years’ supervised release on top ... baseball cards and his own dental bills. His attorney declined to comment after the hearing. Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani ...