TOKYO -- Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani announced on social media Thursday that he is married.
The two-way player, who moved from the Los Angeles Angels to the Dodgers in December on a record-breaking contract worth $700 million over 10 years, wrote on Instagram in Japanese: "The season is approaching but I would like to announce to everyone that I have gotten married."
He said his new wife is also from Japan, without identifying her. He said he would reveal more in an interview Friday.
"I began a new chapter in my career with the Dodgers, but I also have started a new life with someone from my native country of Japan who is very special to me," he wrote.