After another offseason full of misses, Ross Atkins finally got a star player to commit to the Toronto Blue Jays, inking Anthony Santander on a five-year deal.

Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he’s much more than that in Japan. Back home, he’s a wellspring of national pride, much like Shohei Ohtani now. His triumphs across the Pacific buoyed the ...