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MLB regular season is upon us (even though Opening Day is technically still more than a week away), and it's time for us -- on pain of termination -- to rank the top 100 players in baseball. The rankings you'll soon be thundering about to the uncaring heavens above and double-birding are based upon reasonable expectations for 2025,

Their domestic Opening Day will be on March 27 against the Detroit Tigers, and they will do their best to defend their World Series crown. While the Dodgers went to Japan and took care of business, it didn't come without any controversy surrounding the Dodgers' two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani.

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani gave the MLB Tokyo crowd what it came for by delivering his first home run of the 2025 season, and the crowd went wild.

Shohei Ohtani’s every step, swing and smile were intensely followed this week during his homecoming at the Tokyo Dome, an event that would make most mortals wilt under the pressure.