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Ohtani announced last week through an Instagram post that he and his wife, Mamiko, had a second child. When asked if he wanted his son to take up baseball, the four-time MVP insisted that children should decide their own futures, and he's not focusing on that for now. Ohtani and Mamiko had their first child in April 2025.

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