Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said designated hitter Shohei Ohtani will begin a throwing program once the club returns from its trans-Pacific trek.
So far, the Dodgers’ trip to Korea has been a quiet one offensively for Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani. Despite taking plenty of big hacks in the team’s two exhibition games against Korean opponents this week, the slugger went 0 for five in his final tune-up at-bats before the regular season, which begins Wednesday with the Dodgers’ international series against the San Diego Padres.
“Something like that could happen,” Ohtani said in Japanese during camp last month. “I think it’s important to be ready.” Pitching-wise, the start of Ohtani’s throwing program could put him in line to start facing batters again near the end of the season. Team doctor — and Ohtani’s elbow surgeon — Neal ElAttrache recently told the Associated Press that Ohtani is roughly scheduled to begin pitching simulated games during the final week of September.
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