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The story
In October 2026, the Dodgers were swept 0-4 by the Brewers in the NL Championship Series (NLCS), ending their bid for a third straight World Series title. Right after, the US local paper “California Post” published a report card grading every player, giving Shohei Ohtani the only “F” grade among the batters. The fact that this was lower than Kyle Tucker’s grade and the lightly-used Kim Hye-seong’s “D” grade caused a stir. On 5ch threads, pushback emerged noting that Ohtani was actually near the top of the team in home runs and on-base percentage, along with pointers that the grade reflected only his postseason slump — with plenty of voices questioning the grading criteria itself.
Shohei Ohtani Given the “Lowest Grade” on the Dodgers — Local Paper’s Harsh Review… Why He Ranked Below a Fielder Who Barely Played in the Majors
After the Dodgers were swept 0-4 by the Brewers in the NL Championship Series (NLCS), missing out on a third straight World Series title, the US local paper “California Post” published a report card grading every player this season on the 17th (18th JST).
Pitcher/DH Shohei Ohtani was given the only “F” grade among the batters. So what’s behind it?
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here
What people said
These types just keep bashing him until things go their way.
Ichiro dealt with the same kind of thing.
When you're bad you get ripped, when you perform you get praised — that's just how sports works.
Come on, that's pinning way too much blame on him lol
Ippei was right.
And whenever the pitchers got a lead, it got taken right back.
Everyone seemed checked out.
It's like they were just… unfocused, no fighting spirit, all 'eh, we'll be fine~'
Basically, they got complacent.
Forget being the team's biggest liability, that's next-level messed up lol
Guess that means he's loved in his own way.
But honestly, fair enough, there was a vibe like he was wrecking the team.
That's Jack Harris, the Ohtani hater, lol
He's working under the NY Post now, right?
Oniisan!! (seems to be riffing on Japan's slang 'F-rank' for bottom-tier schools)
Hey, come on lol
Why's this an F?
Freeman had a lower batting average in the playoffs too
The article itself even says: 'Let's be clear — this two-way star was the second-best player in the National League this season.'
The MLB record is a guy who got fired after just one game.
At the end of the day, articles like this are just written out of jealousy. It's basically defamation, slander.
Meanwhile the pitching numbers were built on plenty of rest, dodging tough opponents, and even pushing his turn back in the rotation.
Like, 'See, I hit one! Just use this clip, okay!'
and putting up stats like that — that's basically fraud.
Ohtani's batting stats this year, and this is an F.
Team rankings
Batting average: .275 (2nd 🥈)
Hits: 144 (2nd 🥈)
Home runs: 30 (1st 🥇)
RBI: 81 (2nd 🥈)
Runs: 89 (2nd 🥈)
Walks: 81 (1st 🥇)
Intentional walks: 16 (1st 🥇)
Extra-base hits: 60 (1st 🥇)
Total bases: 268 (1st 🥇)
On-base %: .377 (1st 🥇)
Slugging %: .512 (1st 🥇)
OPS: .889 (1st 🥇)
*Numbers in parentheses are team rank
I genuinely don't remember when he hit any of those — zero impression at all.
That's wild, Ohtani really is a genius.
The F is a postseason-only grade.
Background and Key Points of This Story
The “California Post” runs an annual feature grading every player report-card style after the season ends — a publication that tends to factor in not just stats but also expectations and contract size. Since Ohtani is on a 10-year, $700 million contract, the bar tends to be set higher for him than for other players. As pointed out in the thread, the F grade appears to reflect mainly his postseason batting slump (during the NLCS elimination) rather than the season as a whole — his regular-season numbers (30 home runs, an .889 OPS, and so on) actually ranked near the top of the team. Conflating the two can easily lead to the misreading that “Ohtani struggled all season.” The thread also floated speculation that the article’s writer is critical of Ohtani, but that’s speculation from 5ch, not a fact confirmed within the article itself.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geisoku+) thread “[MLB] Shohei Ohtani Given the Dodgers’ Lowest Grade of ‘F’ — Local Paper’s Harsh Review… Why He Ranked Below Kyle Tucker and Kim Hye-seong’s ‘D’ Grade.”
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