The Los Angeles Dodgers have one of the most valuable players in baseball, but even they don’t quite know what to do with him. Shohei Ohtani is a unicorn, and managing a unicorn comes with no instruction manual.

Hitting records is one thing, but launching a full-on prank war? That’s something else entirely! Shohei Ohtani did both when he broke Dave Roberts’ home run record in 2024. To celebrate, he gifted his manager a toy Porsche.

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He was so good at the plate as a designated hitter in 2024 that it's easy to forget that the Dodgers will also be getting a frontline starting pitcher in Shohei Ohtani this year. Ohtani was exceptional,

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has a stacked lineup for the 2025 season. But the skipper revealed two positions of uncertainty.

The Dodgers’ toy Porsche car bit has carried into 2025, but this time, manager Dave Roberts has some stake in the prank war. After receiving two toy prank Porsche cars, Roberts finally got back at Shohei Ohtani on Friday night by filling the Dodgers star’s car with ball pit-like balls that busted out of the car when Ohtani opened the driver door of his own Porsche.

The prank war between Shohei Ohtani and Dave Roberts, manager of the Dodgers, has a new chapter. After Ohtani pulled two car-related pranks on Roberts, including parking a toy Porsche in his spot during MLB Spring Training,

“While Roberts may have gotten back at Ohtani on Friday, the real winner of the whole ordeal might have been Decoy, Ohtani’s dog, who had a blast playing with the giant pile of ball-pit balls the manager left behind,” Thomas Harrigan of MLB.com wrote.

Shohei Ohtani enjoyed a successful 2025 Spring Training debut but unbeknownst to him was a surprise as he walked out to leave Camelback Ranch. Upon getting to his car, Ohtani was greeted with plastic balls spilling out once he opened the door.