After the spouse of reliever Joe Kelly supplied her husband’s uniform quantity to assist lure Shohei Ohtani to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the two-way star responded by giving her a Porsche.
The Dodgers shared a video displaying Kelly’s spouse, Ashley, who had launched what she dubbed her #Ohtake17 marketing campaign in hopes that the free agent from Japan would signal with the staff. She confirmed him all of the No. 17 garb her household had that might be repurposed for Ohtani and his household and supplied to rename the couple’s child, Kai, to ShoKai. In the video posted this weekend, she opens the entrance door to disclose a silver sports activities automobile parked in entrance of the home.
“It’s yours, from Shohei,” a person off digicam says within the video to the shocked lady. “He wanted to gift you a Porsche.”
Ohtani acquired a document $700 million, 10-year contract this month to make a 30-mile transfer up Interstate 5 to the Dodgers. He had worn No. 17 with the Los Angeles Angels.
Kelly, who wore No. 17 with the Dodgers from 2019-21 and once more final season, is switching to No. 99 after finalizing his personal $8 million, one-year contract.
“I wasn’t going to give it up to just anybody,” Kelly mentioned after Ohtani was introduced as his new teammate. “If Shohei keeps performing, he’ll be a future Hall of Famer and I’ll be able to have my number retired. That’s the closest I’ll get to the Hall of Fame.”
Asked what Ohtani was giving him in return, Kelly mentioned, “Oh, there’s a list, but no comment.”
