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Dodgers need to rest slumping Shohei Ohtani

California Post·Dylan Hernandez·21 days ago
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Watching Shohei Ohtani extend his slump by another game , Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said there would be an upcoming game in which the two-way player wouldn’t be in the batting order. That could be on Wednesday, when Ohtani is scheduled to pitch. Or that could be on Thursday, when the Dodgers host the San Francisco Giants in the finale of their four-game series. At this point, Roberts might as well go a step further. He might as well force Ohtani to take a day off. Not half-off. Totally off. No pitching, no hitting, no nothing. No batting cage, no weight room. Dave Roberts said there would be an upcoming game in which Shohei Ohtani wouldn’t be in the batting order. AP Because the way Ohtani looks now, nothing outside of his track record points to him hitting any time soon. This isn’t just about his numbers, which continue to decline. This is about how he looks. If Ohtani is exhausted, weak or injured, he’s not saying. But a scout’s eye isn’t required to tell something’s not right with him.…

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