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Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani to Miss Game vs Giants Amid Brutal Slump
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Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani to Miss Game vs Giants Amid Brutal Slump

Los Angeles Dodgers On SI·Valentina Martinez·20 days ago
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Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani isn't going to be in the lineup on either Wednesday or Thursday as the team tries to help him break out of his early season slump. Ohtani is hitting just .233 this season with six home runs, 16 RBIs and an OPS of .767. While it would be a solid season for a normal player, Ohtani has had an OPS above 1.000 in each of the last three seasons. Ohtani is still going to pitch on Wednesday, looking to continue his early season Cy Young campaign. However, he'll either be out of the lineup on Wednesday or Thursday as LA looks for ways to break him out of his slump. On the mound, the right-hander is sporting a 0.97 ERA with 42 strikeouts across 37 innings pitched (six starts) this season. Ohtani has been practically lights out in his first full season as a pitcher with the Dodgers, but that's also seemingly taken a toll on his dominance at the plate. “It’s kind of his burden in the sense of the expectations for him,” Roberts said on Sunday.…

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