nn”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Might
window.adobeAnalytics = {“reportingSuiteId”:”mlbglobal08,mlbcom08″,”linkInternalFilters”:”mlb”}
window.globalState = {“tracking_title”:”Major League Baseball”,”lang”:”en”}
window.appId = ”
/*–>*/
20 minutes ago
Might Shohei Ohtani appear in a postseason game this year as a pitcher? That may have seemed improbable earlier in the season, but Dodgers manager Dave Roberts didn’t rule it out Friday.
“I think that you should always leave some margin, a crack in the door for any possibility,” Roberts said on SiriusXM MLB Network Radio. “If things line up and there’s a need, and the game, [Ohtani’s] body, everything is telling us that it makes sense in that situation, great. It would be storybook.”
Roberts added that it would be “unfair” to assume Ohtani will definitely take the mound during the playoffs, but just the prospect of his return is a big development for a team that has been inundated with pitching injuries this season.
But maybe there’s a chance after all.
“Shohei is on board,” Roberts said. “We’ll just continue his rehab process, and I wouldn’t put it past him to have an eye on [pitching in the postseason]. We’ll just see how it plays out.”
Enjoying the info from this interview? Get 3 Months Free and listen to SiriusXM MLB Network Radio and much more. Visit www.siriusxm.com/mlbnr for offer details.
Add comment