Jeff Passan says Shohei Ohtani earns over $100 million a year off the field and helped the Dodgers become MLB’s first $1 billion revenue franchise “Personally, with all of the advertisements, sponsorships, and stuff like that, it’s upward of $100 million.” “The Los Angeles Dodgers are not the Los Angeles Dodgers—they are the Shohei Ohtani Shell Corporation.” “Good for them. They saw what the Angels never did.” “They understood that Ohtani himself is a monolith.” “They saw the international possibilities in Japan.” “They saw the business possibilities.” “It’s everything—the tours, the tourists, the merchandise, the sponsorships, the whole kit and caboodle.” “The Dodgers just last year became the first Major League Baseball franchise to have more than $1 billion in revenue in one year.” “And they’re going to do it again this year