Can Shohei Ohtani surpass Babe Ruth & Ichiro Suzuki’s record for most HRs and SBs with a new team? Dodgers star’s 55-57 milestone not too far off

At this point, every time Shohei Ohtani takes on the field, a record is sitting there to be broken. He has already broken several of them while getting to 53 home runs and 55 stolen bases. And now, when he steps onto the field for the final few games of the regular season, he'll be reaching for another feat.

In the offseason, Ohtani left the LA Angels in free agency to sign with the LA Dodgers in a blockbuster 10-year, $700 million contract and in his very first year, he has more than lived up to the expectations. The next record waiting involves him surpassing MLB legends Babe Ruth and Ichiro Suzuki.

Babe Ruth joined the New York Yankees in 1920 and in his first season he smashed 54 home runs. Shohei Ohtani needs one more home run to tie it and two more home runs to break it in his first season with the Dodgers.

In another record, Ichiro Suzuki registered 57 stolen bases for the Seattle Mariners in 2001, the highest among all Japanese-born MLB players. Ohtani needs to steal two more bases to tie this record and three more to surpass Suzuki.

All in all, in five games remaining, if Ohtani gets from 53-55 to 55-57, he'll be laying claim to two more historic records. The way he has been performing over the last couple of weeks, it only feels like a matter of time Ohtani gets to the milestones.

Shohei Ohtani's 50th home run ball set to break Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball

It's not only on the field where Shohei Ohtani is breaking records. Even off the field, he is set to break one.

Last week on Thursday, the Dodgers slugger entered the league of his own when he smashed the 50th home run of the season, becoming the only hitter in MLB history to reach the 50-50 club in a season.

The ball that landed in the stands is being auctioned off and those interested can buy it privately for $4.5 million (£3.4 million), as per BBC. The starting bid for the ball is $500,000 (£375,000).

If it's auctioned off for $4.5 million, it'll break the record for Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball of 1998, which was auctioned off for $3.05 million (£1.9 million).