Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani hits 92-94 mph in 14-pitch bullpen session, making Dave Roberts optimistic
the Los Angeles Dodgers Start defending the 2024 World Championship and seems to be heavy favorites again after a season outside where they added Japanese phenomenon Rocky Sasaki And the left Blake SenilAnalgesics Tanner Scott and Kirby YatesFootball player Hayesj Kim And Outfielder Michael Conforato.
He pushed this salaries to the team 379 million dollars were reportedThe largest in the history of baseball.
but, Autani The international star of Dodgers is still launched Winning the third MVP award for him (The first in the national league) and it becomes the main baseball league in the leagueIRST 50-50 players.
Surprisingly, Ohtani can offer more to Dodgers in 2025 because the bilateral sensation was not hurt last season He recovered from elbow surgery. But he is expected to attend this year and take a big step towards returning to the hill on Saturday, and threw his first session in the Spring Training Complex in Dodgers in Glendale, Arizona.
Ohtani threw 14 points during the session, the first since last season. Throwing the fast balls and a four trader, up to 92 to 94 miles per hour on the radar gun while the correspondents and fans saw.
“For the first day, this is great,” Dave Roberts Director Dodgers He said after that.
“He was looking early for speed, then he was looking for his depths, depth and movement of people with seas,” Roberts added. Via Usa today’s Bob Nightingale. “So only to line up with what he feels. But it is interesting that he is very good in knowing what his purposes do, and so many of his thoughts are lined with what the scale says.”
Roberts expected that Autani He can face the hurt By the end of the spring camp, before leaving the team to Tokyo and a group of two games against Chicago Cubs from 18 to 19 March. However, it is possible that he will not play in any matches in the cactus.
Ohtani is not expected to be ready to return during the first two months of the season, it is expected to take the hill at some point in May. This will be the first time that a major match has been erected since August 23, 2023.
Until Ohtani is available for the stadium, Roberts expects from Dodgers Working with the rotation of five men From Sinil, Yoshinobo Yamamotofor Tyler Glasno And Sasaki, with up to six jugs competing for fifth place, including Tony Gonsulinfor Dustin May and Bobby Miller.
It was the best MLB season in Ohtani as an osteoporosis in 2022 when he achieved 28 beginnings and ended with a number 15-9, 2.33 era and 219 exercises in 166 floors. He has a professional era of 3.01, at a rate of 11.4 km per nine roles at 86 beginnings.
