It all happened so fast, from the initial reporting about something funky going on with Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, to the reveal that he’d allegedly stolen millions of dollars from Ohtani to pay off gambling debts, to the federal involvement, to now a forthcoming guilty plea.
Mizuhara is expected to receive a lighter sentence due to his cooperation and acceptance of responsibility, but he’s likely still looking at years in prison (and then deportation to Japan).