Adrian Gonzalez Explains Dodgers Were Behind Viral Moment Between Him and Shohei Ohtani in 2016

The Los Angeles Dodgers were following Shohei Ohtani's career long before he arrived in Major League Baseball with the Angels.

In 2016, Andrew Friedman asked Adrián González to bring a care package to the Japanese baseball star. González was playing for Team Mexico and traveled to Japan for a few games against Team Japan before the 2017 World Baseball Classic.

González detailed the viral moment in an interview with AM 570 Radio.

"Ohtani was playing in that tournament and so Andrew (Friedman) and company said, 'Hey, if we give you a care package for him, will you present it to him because we cannot pursue him? It's against the rules, but you as a person can obviously take whatever you want to any player.'"