{"id":2913,"date":"2024-09-22T06:28:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T06:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=2913"},"modified":"2024-09-22T06:28:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T06:28:33","slug":"dodgers-could-face-huge-obstacle-even-if-shohei-ohtani-is-cleared-to-pitch-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=2913","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Could Face Huge Obstacle Even If Shohei Ohtani is Cleared to Pitch in October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers are postseason-bound for the 12th consecutive season. They will play in October once again, and this time, they will look to finish the job.<\/p>\n<p>L.A. has fallen short every single time since reaching the mountain top in 2020. Thanks to the addition of the basketball unicorn,\u00a0Shohei Ohtani, things should be different this season. Ohtani is now a Dodger and will play for the first time in his career in October. While he has no experience in October, his play will determine whether or not L.A. will win it all.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"stream-item-size\">\n<p>Ohtani is set to play in his first postseason game soon; however, we likely won\u2019t see his full arsenal on display. The 30-year-old superstar likely won\u2019t pitch in October, although there is some chatter that he may.<\/p>\n<p>It depends on who you ask. If you ask USA Today baseball columnist Bob Nightengale, as did our very own Doug McKain, he says there is \u2018no chance\u2019 Ohtani pitches.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shohei Ohtani Pitching in the Postseason, Roki Sasaki Update, Will Dodgers Sign Teoscar, Adames?\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wYo9ntV3TKg?start=123&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo chance. Just doesn\u2019t make sense. He just had surgery last September. You\u2019re talking 12 months. Too much money is invested in him to take that risk.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did Nightengale say Ohtani was not going to pitch, but he also added that it wouldn\u2019t work logistically.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd besides, I\u2019m not quite sure how that would work. Say you want to bring him into a save situation. Well, what if his turn at-bat is in the bottom of the eighth inning? Is he going to go to the mound without any warmup? What if he\u2019s warming up during his turn at-bat? He\u2019d be called out on a delay, three strikes. I don\u2019t know how that would work logistically.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"stream-item-size\">\n<p>Nightengale is on to something, and these would be real problems if L.A. decides to put him on the mound. Nonetheless, Ohtani has defied the odds before, and if L.A. feels like he\u2019s ready, they will figure it out.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese sensation hasn\u2019t pitched since Sept. 2023 after undergoing elbow surgery. When healthy, there aren\u2019t many pitchers better than Ohatni on the mound. He has a career of 3.01 ERA and 608 strikeouts in 86 career games.<\/p>\n<p>Dodgers\u00a0president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman shut down the possibility of Ohtani\u00a0pitching for the club during the postseason on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe aren\u2019t even thinking about that right now,\u201d Friedman said. \u201cAgain, this is like January for him. He\u2019s just barely a year out from Tommy John.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>L.A. is running out of arms; if they can\u2019t find an answer, Ohtani may come and save the day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers are postseason-bound for the 12th consecutive season. 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