Shohei Ohtani is going to face live hitter for the first time since 2023 from the game of Los Angeles Dojers against New York Met’s on Sunday.
This is the next step of recovery from Ohtani’s correct Ulnaar Collateral Ligament Surgery that he did in the fall of 2023. He has not picked up for the doors since signing 10 years before the 2024 season, $ 700 million free agent deal.
Ohtani recently added sliders and curlballs to his bullpen sessions to go with his fastball. Manager Dave Roberts said that Ohtani is reaching 95 mph with his fastball and his “luggage looks good.”
Ohtani will throw the teammates of the team in the city field on Sunday morning, and Roberts said that the team is taking a step at one time and at the speed of Ohtani.
He will not return to the mound before the all-star break.
“I think we are eager to see how it looks. But when he decides to ramp it, I’m very worried [to see] Also, “Roberts said.” But all this is on his program. He really. When he is going to introduce the slider to the hits, when he really wants to ramp the velocity, it is between him and the doctors. ,
Unlike other pitches, to get close to return to the mound, the doseers do not have the luxury to send their leadoff hitters and for a rehabilitation assignment. Instead, he will throw into fake sports.
Ohtani, 30, is tied to the lead in Major with 17 domestic runs and hitting 31 RBI with a specified hitter spot. In the last season, he led the National League in Home Run (54) and RBI (130) and became the first player to steal 50 times 50 times.
As a pitcher in five sessions with Los Angeles Angels, he was 38–10 with 3.01 ERA in 86. In 481 2/3 innings, he hit 608 batsmen.
He finished fourth in the American League Cym Young Award Voting in 2022, sandwiches between two al -al -MVP win.
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