Los Angeles Dodgers common supervisor Brandon Gomes confirmed the inevitable on Wednesday afternoon.
Shohei Ohtani won’t pitch within the postseason.
“I feel it’s no completely different than earlier than,” Gomes mentioned. “We don’t anticipate him pitching within the postseason.”
Whereas his return to the mound would have added one other unimaginable chapter to a storybook season, the Dodgers and Ohtani aren’t going to take that likelihood.
There was hypothesis that Ohtani may pull off the unthinkable again in mid-September when supervisor Dave Roberts hinted on the two-way star’s return to the mound.
“I feel that it’s best to all the time depart some margin, a crack within the door for any risk,” Roberts mentioned on SiriusXM MLB Community Radio. “If issues line up and there’s a necessity, and the sport, [Ohtani’s] physique, every part is telling us that it is sensible in that state of affairs, nice. It might be storybook.”
Roberts was requested to develop and make clear his reply shortly after.
“The query I used to be requested was, ‘Is it a risk?’ Something is feasible,” Roberts expanded on his earlier feedback. “We’ve nonetheless obtained a whole lot of work to get to October and thru October. I hope that’s on his thoughts so far as motivation for his rehab. However the odds of it coming to move are very slim. However they’re not zero. That’s my solely factor.”
The Dodgers reportedly stored the door open for Ohtani so long as they might. It simply doesn’t make sense for both the Dodgers or Ohtani to attempt to push his rehab this far forward of schedule.
Ohtani is coming off top-of-the-line offensive seasons in baseball historical past. He grew to become the primary participant to hit no less than 50 dwelling runs and steal no less than 50 bases in a single season and set quite a few franchise and league-wide information.
He additionally did that whereas recovering from his second Tommy John surgical procedure because the Dodgers’ full-time designated hitter.
After six seasons with the Los Angeles Angels with out a playoff look, Ohtani is ready to make his postseason debut in Recreation 1 of the NLDS. The Dodgers will tackle the winner of the present best-of-three Wild Card collection between the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres.
Obligatory Credit score: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports activities
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