Dylan Hernandez: Shohei Ohtani achieves dream to be the best. Will the Angels help him sustain it?

Shohei Ohtani nodded as he listened to the question.

“My goal?” he asked in Japanese.

He drew an audible breath and looked down.

“As long as you’re playing baseball, I think it’s natural to want to become the No. 1 player,” he said.

Ohtani continued, “In baseball, it’s hard to measure what makes a player No. 1. That’s the hard part, but I think what’s makes a player the happiest is when fans and other people say, ‘He’s No. 1.’ I would like to do my best to become