Pitcher Joe Kelly of the Los Angeles Dodgers inked a one-year contract with the team. The Dodgers choose to opt out of the deal and give him $1 million as a buyout instead of paying him $9.5 million. Joe Kelly inked a $8 million, one-year contract with the Dodgers one month later.

Joe Kelly visited fans and served tacos at a small restaurant in Ontario called Jack in the Box, according to a tweet that has gone viral:

Kelly showed up driving a Porsche that Ohtani had given her:

When he leaped out of his Porsche, fans were astounded and expressed their feelings on X, the former Twitter:

One fan remarked, “I thought it was for his wife??”

About the given car, another admirer remarked, “That’s a sweet ride.”

Shohei Ohtani gives Ashley, the wife of Joe Kelly, a Porsche

Joe Kelly wore the No. 17 jersey before Shohei Ohtani agreed to a 10-year, $700 million deal with the Dodgers. But Ashley Kelly offered her husband’s No. 17 to the two-way star after he arrived.

She started the #Ohtake17 social media campaign even before that, subtly urging him to sign a Dodgers contract. In a humorous way, she reached out to Ohtani and showed him every piece of No. 17 clothing in the family closet that he and his family might wear. She even proposed to call the child of the pair “ShoKai”.

Ashley Kelly was taken aback when Ohtani gave her a brand-new silver Porsche, demonstrating his appreciation for her campaign:

“You own it. By way of Shohei,” the delivery man informed her. “He wanted to gift you a Porsche.”

“I wasn’t going to give it up to just anybody,” Kelly stated. “Shohei will be able to retire my number and become a future Hall of Famer if he continues to perform.” I’ll never be able to visit the Hall of Fame till then.” [via ESPN].

In 2024, Kelly will don the No. 99 jersey for the Dodgers, having formally given up the No. 17 jersey.