Editing Los Angeles Dodgers (section)

===Asian players===
[[File:DSC03270 Chan Ho Park.jpg|upright|150px|thumb|[[Chan Ho Park]]]]
[[File:Dodgers_at_Nationals_(53677092784).jpg|left|150px|thumb|[[Shohei Ohtani]]]]
The Dodgers have been groundbreaking in their signing of players from Asia; mainly [[Japan]], [[South Korea]], and [[Taiwan]]. Former owner [[Peter O'Malley]] began reaching out in 1980 by starting clinics in China and South Korea and building baseball fields in two Chinese cities. In 1998, the Dodgers became the first major league team to open an office in Asia. They were the second team to start a [[List of Major League Baseball players from Japan|Japanese player]] (first in nearly 30 years), pitcher [[Hideo Nomo]], the first team to start a [[List of Major League Baseball players from South Korea|South Korean player]], pitcher [[Chan Ho Park]] and the first to start a [[List of Major League Baseball players from Taiwan|Taiwanese player]], [[Chin-Feng Chen]]. 

In addition, they were the first team to send out three Asian pitchers from different Asian countries in the same game on May 17, 2008, against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: Park, [[Hong-Chih Kuo]] of Taiwan, and [[Takashi Saito (baseball)|Takashi Saito]] of Japan. In the 2008 season, the Dodgers had the most Asian players on its roster of any major league team with five. They included Japanese pitchers Takashi Saito and [[Hiroki Kuroda]]; South Korean pitcher Chan Ho Park; and Taiwanese pitcher Hong-Chih Kuo and infielder [[Chin-Lung Hu]]. In 2005, the Dodgers' [[Hee Seop Choi]] became the first Asian player to compete in the [[Home Run Derby]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Baxter |first=Kevin |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dodrep17apr17,1,930146.story |title=Dodgers lead the league in Asian players |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 16, 2008 |access-date=April 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421033244/http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dodrep17apr17%2C1%2C930146.story |archive-date=April 21, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> For the 2013 season, the Dodgers signed starting pitcher [[Hyun-Jin Ryu]] with a six-year, $36&nbsp;million contract, after posting a bid of nearly $27&nbsp;million to acquire him from the [[Korea Baseball Championship|KBO]]'s [[Hanhwa Eagles]]. For the 2016 season, the Dodgers signed starting pitcher [[Kenta Maeda]] with an eight-year, $25&nbsp;million contract, after posting a bid of $20&nbsp;million to acquire him from the [[Nippon Professional Baseball|NPB]]'s [[Hiroshima Toyo Carp]]. For the 2024 season, the Dodgers signed free agent [[two-way player]] [[Shohei Ohtani]] with a 10-year, $700&nbsp;million contract, the [[List of largest sports contracts|largest ever in professional sports history]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/news/shohei-ohtani-contract-with-dodgers |title=$700M stunner: Ohtani to Dodgers on biggest deal in sports history |publisher=Major League Baseball |first=Sarah |last=Wexler |date=December 11, 2023 |access-date=December 16, 2023 |archive-date=December 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212074442/https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/news/shohei-ohtani-contract-with-dodgers |url-status=live }}</ref>
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