In one corner, standing 6-foot-3 and weighing 210 pounds, is Shohei Ohtani, hitter, pitcher and three-time unanimous MVP. In the other corner, standing 5-10 and weighing 175 pounds when fully nourished,

This time around, major stars Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Tyler Glasnow and Yoshinobu Yamamoto all return to the team. They’ll be joined by big-ticket offseason acquisitions Blake Snell, Roki Sasaki and Michael Conforto. That’s not to mention their new-look bullpen which now includes closer Tanner Scott and setup man Kirby Yates.