Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani ready for trip to Toronto – this time

WASHINGTON — Shohei Ohtani will be on a plane to Toronto on Thursday – and this time it really isn’t a drill.

“I was just following the news,” Ohtani said through his interpreter when he was reminded of the drama last December when media reports had him signing with the Toronto Blue Jays, prompting a surge in flight-tracker web site traffic as a private jet made its way from Orange County to Toronto.

“I knew I wasn’t on that flight. So I was curious too.”

Ohtani acknowledged...