Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani is set to make his two-way debut in 2025, but there are still many unknowns.

So much so, that Kershaw had to make a bold Taylor Swift statement to describe Ohtani's level of fame in his home country. “I think we all assume how much of a figure Shohei is,” Kershaw said ahead of the Dodgers' Japan trip, via The Orange County Register. “People say he’s like The Beatles. People say he’s like Taylor Swift.”

Fans pay 2,000 yen each to see players work out at Tokyo Dome before next week’s season-opening matches against Chicago Cubs.