TOKYO — Shohei Ohtani and his wife Mamiko Tanaka are expecting their first child. Ohtani’s Los Angeles Dodgers teammate Mookie Betts has some advice.
“He should get his sleep now,” Betts said, speaking in Tokyo. “Because when the baby comes he won’t get any.”
Betts has two children and knows from experience.
Betts, on a promotional tour for a Japanese tea brand, took only a few questions in a very brief interview session at a local hotel.
As expected, the questions were about Ohtani and rookie pitcher Roki Sasaki, who just signed with the World Series-champion Dodgers.
Both will be on display when the Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs open the Major League Baseball season on March 18 and 19 in two games at the Tokyo Dome.
Betts said he’d already met with the 23-year-old Sasaki, who is being described as a “phenom” before he’s even thrown a pitch in MLB. He’ll join Ohtani and pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto …