How come someone can't pitch and hit in the big leagues? "Just because," Lorenzen said, repeating a response he has grown tired of hearing. "'You can't do it. It's too hard.' The only one who has the right to say it's too hard is Shohei Ohtani because he's the only one t...
“The goal was to get to this far,” Ohtani said, “and I also pictured myself getting this far with the contract that I’ve signed.” AdvertisementNot pitching this year as he recovered from elbow surgery, Ohtani hit .310 with NL bests of 54 homers and 130 RBIs along with 59 stolen...
Shohei Ohtani is hit by pitch after reviewDodgers @ Yankees October 28, 2024 | 00:00:28 ReelsShare After the play is reviewed and call is overturned, Shohei Ohtani reaches first base after being hit by a pitch from Luke Weaver in the top of the 9th inning Season 2024 More From This ...
The Dodgers in 2025 plan to use a six-man rotation, both because of how many of their pitchers are coming off injuries, and because that’s how Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto operated in Japan. The Red Sox may do the same – though Lucas Giolito do
The Dodgers seem to have an excess of pitchers? What are they going to do with all these guys? Harris: The plan is to pitch them, but manage any one pitcher’s workload. After all, the Dodgers have three starters next year returning from major arm surgeries (Shohei Ohtani, Tony...
— it’s important to us,” Espada said. “He’s a cornerstone of this team. He’s the heart of this organization. He understands that. … but if we get to that point I’m sure that we’ll have that conversation and we’ll talk about how that’s going to look moving ...
Will the 26-year-old left-hander build Ohtani a new one? “I definitely could,” he said, “if that’s something that he would want to see.” The good news for Dreyer: He wouldn’t have to walk far to find Ohtani and ask. ...
Bargaining. Passan, don't do this to me. Sorry, but I have to. Because as much as Soto and Tatis and Acuna and Trout andMookie Bettsand Jacob deGrom andGerrit Coleand Freddie Freeman andShohei Ohtaniand dozens more are an integral part of the 2021 season, the 2022 se...
The most captivating story in baseball this offseason involves a player who has yet to take his first swing-or, for that matter, his first pitch-in a Major League game. Shohei Ohtani, a fearsome pitcher AND prodigious hitter in Japan, announced his ambitions to take his dual talents to th...
Jon Wertheim: Last year you threw a pitch 165 kilometers an hour, more than 102 miles an hour. How much faster can you throw than 102.5? Shohei Ohtani (translation): I don't have an exact answer for that. But I'm still young. I'm still 22. I think there's more room to grow....