The Los Angeles Dodgers expect Shohei Ohtani to be ready to hit when the reigning World Series champions open their season in Japan against the Chicago Cubs on March 18 and 19.
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“I just don’t see us starting the clock in March to then think that we would keep that continuously going through October,” Roberts said during the winter meetings. “Then that would call for a break or reprieve in the middle of the season, so I don’t know. I still think unlikely.” “It’s not cemented. If something doesn’t look right, feel right, obviously we’ve got to pivot. Maybe a lot of disappointed fans,” Roberts said. “We’re going to do what’s best for Shohei. But where we stand right now, I expect him to play.”
After his elbow surgery at the end of his MLB rookie season in 2018, Ohtani didn't pitch again until two starts early in the COVID-delayed 2020 season that didn't start until that July. Roberts met with Ohtani's former manager — even sending a photo of the two together to Ohtani — and also sat down with 84-year-old Sadaharu Oh, who hit 868 homers for the Yomiuri Giants from 1959-80.
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