Los Angeles Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts said last week that he would not rule out the potential for two-way celebrity Shohei Ohtani making his pitching debut with the group in the course of the upcoming playoffs.
Throughout a Friday look on “MLB Now,” Dodgers common supervisor Brandon Gomes primarily shut down the rumor.
The 30-year-old Japanese sensation is within the ultimate phases of his restoration from final September’s elbow surgical procedure.
“Dave Roberts opened the door to the potential for [Ohtani] pitching this postseason. The place are you on that?” veteran sportscaster Brian Kenny requested.
“That feels most unlikely proper now. I feel he is simply going by way of his throwing development and he feels actually good, which is necessary, however at this level I do not see him pitching within the postseason,” Gomes responded.
“Okay, so you are not planning on that? That will not all of the sudden pop up as a factor?” Kenny confirmed.
“No, that is not within the plans as of now,” Gomes mentioned.
Gomes’ phrases come sooner or later after Ohtani had one in every of MLB’s greatest particular person hitting performances of all time in the course of the Dodgers’ 20-4 win towards the Miami Marlins on Thursday. The rout enabled Los Angeles to clinch its twelfth straight playoff berth.
The 2-time AL MVP created the 50-50 club in jaw-dropping vogue, ending the victory 6-for-6 with three house runs, two doubles, 10 RBI and two steals, falling a triple shy of the cycle.
He enters Friday with 51 house runs and 51 stolen bases in the course of the 2024 marketing campaign, and the group nonetheless has 9 extra common season video games left.
Ohtani is the frontrunner to win his third MVP this fall, however 2024 has been his most spectacular 12 months but.
Dodgers followers might have to attend till 2025 to get the entire Ohtani expertise, however this 12 months’s model has additionally been electrical.