Bill me! Mets’ scoreboard trolls Shohei

Shohei Ohtani isn’t any stranger to crushing baseballs. Now he is crushing scoreboards.

In his first plate look in Saturday evening’s 5-3 win over the Mets at Citi Field, he roped a double with an exit velocity of 109.6 mph. Just a few pitches earlier than that, although, Ohtani almost homered on a ball that curved simply foul down the right-field line. Leaving his bat at 107.3 mph, the ball broke a panel on a scoreboard.

In Ohtani’s subsequent plate look, the Mets let him know {that a} invoice was on the way in which by posting “We’re sending you the bill for that, Shohei” on the enormous video board in middle area.

Given his prodigious energy, it’s a shock that Ohtani doesn’t do that kind of factor extra typically. Ohtani entered Saturday’s slate of video games with an MLB-leading 44 residence runs, an MLB-high 68 barrels, 12 residence runs touring 440-plus ft and 7 residence runs leaving the bat at 115-plus mph.

In the longer term, internet hosting MLB stadiums may want to consider taking some further precautions when Ohtani involves city.