@atsbaseball: Jeff Passan revisits the Shohei Ohtani / Ippei Mizuhara Gambling Scandal and how the story unfolded while reporting on it. Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter and close friend Ippei Mizuhara, stole nearly $17 million from Ohtani’s bank account to pay off illegal sports gambling debts without Ohtani’s knowledge. Federal prosecutors made it clear that Ohtani was a victim, not a participant in this case. In June of 2024 Mizuhara pleaded guilty to bank fraud and was later sentenced to 57 months in prison. He was ordered to repay all of the stolen money to Ohtani and $1.1 million to the IRS. Despite the courts ruling that Ohtani was in no way a participant in this, many still question that claim and how much he actually knew. The Full Jeff Passan Episode is live on Youtube! Follow for more💨
Ohtani’s besr friend took the fall for him and I’ll stand on that
2026-08-05 19:50:26
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Michael Cucci :
let's be honest, the translator took the fall for baseballs golden boy
2026-08-05 21:01:14
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jacob_ub :
Dudes who believe he is guilty are genuinely just conspiracy theorist
2026-08-05 20:57:47
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Zexy_Specialist :
The treatment of Pete Rose is what makes this so much worse. Ohtani knew
2026-08-05 19:52:00
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StickRicky :
I just don't understand how Shohei was that naive, gullible and clueless about his own finances. It's not like Ippei stole $100k, it was over $16 million.
2026-08-05 23:48:11
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Josh :
Babe Ruth didn’t get caught gambling
2026-08-05 18:41:38
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heeeemp :
Jeff doesn’t buy the bullshit either
2026-08-05 20:42:03
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CallMeTheMotionTTV :
They both were. For sure.
2026-08-06 01:19:55
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igtcdiaa :
The way MLB covered this up so fast. We all know it was him but the MLB benefits way more having him in the league than out
2026-08-06 02:36:13
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cam stpierre733 :
i mean the guy who was quite literally their bookie went on a podcast and said it was ohtani sooo 😂
2026-08-05 20:44:31
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slayedthis :
i mean if shohei needs a translator wouldn’t it stand to reason that the translator would need to be on the phone to get money out of his american bank?
2026-08-06 06:23:56
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Jonathan :
So biggest story and they give it to a random espn reporter
2026-08-06 03:19:16
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sweet and sour :
and absolutely nothing happened to him. it's amazing to realize that gambling was going on under his nose and MLB said it's okay. we'll just punish your guy was working for you, but you can continue to play baseball because you're a superstar and it goes against everything that baseball stands for. they say it in the dugouts no betting on the game
2026-08-05 21:06:40
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Asap_dijon :
It’s funny how people just act like it doesn’t exist
2026-08-05 22:39:39
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DDA :
Ohtani’s 1st statement said he did know. His 2nd one said he didn’t. He was lying one way or the other and that cannot be argued
2026-08-05 20:56:47
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Yeet :
Thompson got played by ippei. Then lost the scoop
2026-08-05 21:01:16
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hanky b :
Idc if he did ts he the greatest baseball player yet to walk this earth
2026-08-05 23:19:12
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Truth Tony 📣✌️ :
Jeff seems to be forgetting that two other Angels players got busted. You can't tell me that a bunch of Angels new and Ohtani didnt. The Dodgers wouldn't even know as much. It was mostly with the Angels. Jeff is in the Dodgers pocket
2026-08-06 15:45:37
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James_98 :
His translator simply took the fall for him.
2026-08-05 21:55:28
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Damian R :
The mlb didn’t want to lose there money maker 🤷🏽♂️
2026-08-06 08:29:27
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woodenboatgirl :
I’ll take that bet 😎
2026-08-06 13:35:17
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Hee Chung Chon :
It just mind blowing how people want to get trash when anyone is doing to well
2026-08-06 13:09:13
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Rupi :
The translator took the fall for him….. Ohtani was there while the translator was on the phone………
2026-08-06 11:06:01
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NateM906 :
Lies
2026-08-06 10:34:05
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FKC_TIKTOK_SHTFKCS :
anyone else getting Potsy Webber vibes from this guy talking?
2026-08-06 17:46:32
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