Shohei Ohtani I will cross a milestone this weekend in his return to pitch. He is expected to launch live strikers’ training at teammates before the Sunday evening match at Citi Field (link via Fabian Ardaya of athletics). It will be his first time to launch to the strikers since his elbow surgery in 2023. Ohtani was initially launched BP on Saturday, but the dodgers pushed this after the match of 13 last night – which also presented an early rain delay – went until 1:00 on the east coast.
Ohtani has launched enclosure sessions from the lifts for a few months. He obtained up to 50 throws last weekend and launched his quick ball in the mid-90s. Ardaya wrote that Ohtani recently started to reintroduce his break-up stuff in these exercises. He should still not launch in matches that after the stars break.
Dodgers are faced with a unique rise process with the MVP three times. He works from his second major elbow operation. This would have justified caution even if it was just a launcher. All the other launchers would spend several weeks for an assignment of rehabilitation of minor leagues before returning to an MLB mound. The Dodgers will not take out the Bat of Ohtani from the programming of the big league to do this. He needed an off -season surgery on his shoulder without launching after tearing his labrum on a slide during the World Series. They will also have to monitor his overall level of fatigue as he builds his arm while continuing to strike every day. He started 49 of their first 51 games at the designated striker.
The whole produced a complicated rehabilitation plan that has evolved quite slowly. Ohtani has been repaired by the UCL for 20 months now, which ended his mandate from the angels. It did not slow down his offensive domination at all, of course. He followed the unprecedented 50-50 season from last year with a line of. 302 / .397 / .643 at 232 plates appearances. He leads the majors with 53 points and is tied with Aaron judge,, Kyle Schwarber And Cal raleigh For the head of the league with 17 circuits.
