One of the biggest campaigners to get Shohei Ohtani to the Los Angeles Dodgers was reliever Joe Kelly’s wife, Ashley. Before Ohtani agreed to his unprecedented $700 million contract earlier this month, Ashley Kelly was happily offering Joe’s uniform number (No. 17) to Ohtani and plenty of Dodgers swag to go with it. Her efforts didn’t go unnoticed.
This week, Ohtani thanked her with a brand new car. Ashley was in disbelief when she saw what was parked in front of her home in a video the Dodgers posted on social media Saturday night.
“It’s yours. from Shohei,” the delivery man told her. “He wanted to gift you a Porsche.”
Ashley started the #Ohtake17 campaign on social media as the two-way superstar was choosing a new team in the most anticipated MLB free agency in recent memory. She jokingly promised to change her baby’s name from Kai to ShoKai and also offered Ohtani and his family all the No. 17 Dodgers merchandise in her home.
Ohtani, the reigning American League MVP, agreed to the record-breaking deal with the Dodgers…
