With Ohtani not expected to pitch until 2025, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says he doesn’t see any reason Ohtani won’t be in the lineup at DH nearly every day this season.
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, who will not pitch again until the 2025 season, throws in the outfield prior to a game against the Chicago Cubs last week at Wrigley Field in Chicago. MINNEAPOLIS — Shohei Ohtani has been through this before so he knows there is little excitement in the early stages of a throwing program., Ohtani is two weeks into the start of his throwing program. At this point, that means playing catch from 60 feet or closer for a limited number of throws.
Unlike his time as a two-way player, Ohtani’s throwing program has virtually no impact on the time he’s able to devote to preparing for games as a hitter at this point. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts doesn’t see that changing any time soon. Without the drain of pitching, Roberts expects to write Ohtani’s name in at DH every game with no plans for off days unless things change. The Dodgers have four off days in the first three weeks of April and won’t play more than seven consecutive days until a road trip to Washington, Toronto and Arizona at the end of this month.
It figures to be a long while before the Dodgers have any conversations with Ohtani about playing in the field. During spring training, Roberts raised that as a possibility when Ohtani has progressed far enough in his throwing program. But Roberts was dismissive of the idea this week.
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