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• Dodgers’ Dave Roberts Provides Timeline for Shohei Ohtani’s Return to Pitching

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani is one step closer to returning to two-way status. On Sunday, Ohtani faced live hitters for the first time since he underwent surgery to repair his UCL in September 2023. More news: Dodgers’ Tanner Scott Not Making Excuses for Blown Saves Ohtani threw 22 pitches over five at-bats to …...2025
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• Shohei Ohtani On Pace To Break 94-Year-Old MLB Record
Shohei Ohtani, now leading MLB with 20 home runs and 59 runs scored, is on a historic pace to break Chuck Klein’s 94-year-old National League record....2025
• Shohei Ohtani Carves Out Solo Spot in MLB History With Never-Before-Seen Milestone Before June
Shohei Ohtani has recorded yet another offensive MLB record en route to potentially returning to the mound to make his Los Angeles Dodgers pitching debut....2025
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• Dodgers @ Guardians May 28, 2025: Breakfast baseball with Kershaw looking to pitch the Dodgers to a sweep
The Dodgers took the middle game of their series with the Guardians, as Dustin May struck out a season-high nine batters and Shohei Ohtani, Max Muncy and Michael Conforto provided dongs for a 9-5 win. Today, they look for a sweep in Cleveland and to secure a winning roadtrip (and perhaps most importantly, look to …...2025
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• Dodgers’ Dave Roberts Reveals Why Shohei Ohtani Won’t Go On Rehab Assignment

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani took a huge step toward returning to the mound. Over the weekend, Ohtani faced live hitters for the first time since he underwent surgery to repair his UCL in September 2023. More news: Shohei Ohtani Provides Major Update After First Live BP for Dodgers The reigning NL MVP threw …...2025
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• Dodgers Notes: Concerning Injury Update, Mets Pitcher Disrespects Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto MVP?

The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cleveland Guardians, 9-5, on Tuesday evening as L.A. improved to 34-21 on the year. In other Dodgers news, manager Dave Roberts recently provided a “concerning” injury update regarding relief pitcher Evan Phillips. Last season’s saves leader started his injured list stint on May 7 with elbow inflammation. Additionally, a …...2025
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• Dodgers Notes: Concerning Injury Update, Mets Pitcher Disrespects Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto MVP?
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• Mets Pitcher on Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani: ‘He’s Just Another Hitter’

The talent of Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani was on full display Sunday. Ahead of the series finale against the New York Mets, Ohtani faced live hitters for the first time since he underwent surgery to repair his UCL in September 2023. More news: Former Dodgers Utility Man Chris Taylor Signs With Angels in …...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 27, 2025

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images John Rave hasn’t fixed the offense....yet. J.J. Picollo discusses the promotion of John Rave. “John did a great job in spring training and nearly made our club out of spring training,” Royals general manager J.J. Picollo said. “And he did what you want players to do: Go back down and just force our hand. And we thought the way he was performing, we’ve be...2025
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• Outside The Confines: The eye of the Tiger

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Tarik Skubal dominates Cleveland. Paul Skenes is going nowhere. The Dodgers fly in style and other MLB news. Good morning. Reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal threw a “Maddux” on Sunday, a complete game win with under 100 pitches in a 5-0 win over the Guardians. What’s more amazing is that Skubal struck out 13 batters in his ...2025
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• Shohei Ohtani draws crowd — including some Mets — pitching to live hitters again after surgery

For the first time in nearly two years, Shohei Ohtani was on the mound and hitters were in the batter’s box....2025
• Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani throws to hitters for first time since surgery as return timeline comes into focus

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• Shohei Ohtani Completes First Live BP With Dodgers: Here’s How it Went

On Sunday, Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani faced live hitters for the first time since he underwent surgery to repair his UCL in September 2023. More news: Dodgers’ Dave Roberts Provides Positive Tyler Glasnow Injury Update At Citi Field, Ohtani threw 22 pitches over five at-bats to Hyeseong Kim, Dalton Rushing, and Dodgers game …...2025
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• Shohei Ohtani Touches 97 MPH in First Live BP Session With Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani faced live hitters for the first time since he underwent surgery to repair his UCL in September 2023. The two-way star threw 22 pitches in a simulated inning on Sunday at Citi Field. Read more: Shohei Ohtani Completes First Live BP With Dodgers: Here’s How it Went Ohtani’s fastball …...2025
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• 2025 Haters’ Guide to the NL Central #4: Chicago Cubs

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images At least you’re not a Cubs fan! *Please Note This Is Satire* I usually write serious articles. This is not one of them. Trash talk has been an integral part of baseball since its inception. All the way back in 1912, Ty Cobb ran into the crowd during a game to beat up a fan who was yelling some ... less than savory things at him. To be very clear, I don’t...2025
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• 2024: the best, the worst, the ... last of the real ones?

Greetings in the last few hours of what I think was the very real year of 2024.It's difficult to tell what's real and what's not these days. Just yesterday I saw a report that said the brilliant minds that run Facebook and Instagram plan to infiltrate both social media sites with AI-generated users. This kind of stuff freaks me out. I've seen very real cases of people I know being fooled by...2025
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"Gage Workman, starting at third base, began the game by booting a relatively routine ground ball from Shohei Ohtani."

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"The interpreter for the Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was fired Wednesday after questions surrounding at least $4."

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"Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani has a tear in an elbow ligament and will not pitch for the rest of the season, GM Perry Minasian said."

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"Angels' Shohei Ohtani hits first career grand slam in two-homer game vs. Rays"

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"Tigers broadcaster Jack Morris suspended indefinitely after using fake accent before Shohei Ohtani at-bat"

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"The Angels hope to turn Shohei Ohtani back into a two-way performer rather early in the 2020 season — just not quite as soon as might have been hoped."

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"The Angels' Shohei Ohtani completed the final step in his rehabilitation from Tommy John surgery and will return to Japan, where he'll recover for his anticipated return to a two-way role next season."

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"The Shohei Ohtani effect? Angels to lower right-field wall Angel Stadium by 10 feet"

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"Shohei Ohtani, a 23-year-old Japanese right-hander with a 100 mph fastball and devastating left-handed swing, picked the Angels over six other teams, his agent said on Friday."

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"Thanks to a potential loophole in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, Shohei Ohtani may be coming to the United States following the 2017 season, according to reports."

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"Shohei Ohtani struck out 10 over six shutout innings to lead Japan to a 5-0 win over South Korea on Sunday morning in the World Baseball Softball Confederation Premier 12 tournament."

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"Barring something unforeseen, Samurai Japan pitcher Shohei Ohtani of the Nippon-Ham Fighters will be a big leaguer someday."

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• Shohei Ohtani Melts Hearts With Adorable Tribute to Yoshinobu Yamamoto After 7 Scoreless vs. D-backs
As Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto continues to dominate, 2024 NL MVP Shohei Ohtani offers his praise....2025
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• BCB After Dark: Who’s the best reliever?

Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks you which reliever you trust the most. It’s Tuesday evening here at BCB After Dark: the swinging-est spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. So glad you decided to stop by. You’re always welcome here. I’m sure we can find a table for you. Let us know if you need anything. The show wi...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Not closing time for a while

Photo by Heather Barry/Getty Images Phillies closer Jose Alvarado is suspended for PED’s. The Orioles fire Brandon Hyde. The Mets/Yankees rivalry heats up. And other news from around baseball. Good morning. The Orioles fired manager Brandon Hyde after a 15-28 start. Third-base coach Tony Mansolino takes over on an interim basis. And the Orioles promptly lost two more games. Several O’s...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 19, 2025

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Can the 2025 Royals replicate the success of 10 years ago? Drew Waters had the game-winning hit on Sunday. “It felt great, obviously,” Waters said. “You know anytime you come into a game, especially a tie game, at least the opportunities I’ve had to pinch-hit, I try to be aggressive and that’s kind of my game. I like to be aggressive and I like to be aggressi...2025
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• Arrowheadlines: This versions of the AFC West will be the toughest Patrick Mahomes has faced

Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images Chiefs headlines for Monday, May 19 The latest NFL pundit makes bombshell Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City Chiefs claims: “I see huge division challenges” | SportsTak Appearing on ESPN earlier this week, Adam Schefter delivered a stark assessment of the challenges awaiting the Chiefs in 2025. “This may just be the single toughest division and the most division...2025
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• MLB insider reveals Los Angeles Angels rejected NL West team’s blockbuster Shohei Ohtani trade offer

The MLB landscape could look vastly different today if the Los Angeles Angels had traded Shohei Ohtani to an NL West team in 2022....2025
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• Shohei Ohtani Gets 1-Word Chant From MLB Fans After Surpassing Aaron Judge With 16th HR Bomb
MLB fans offer a one-word reaction on social media as Shohei Ohtani moves past Aaron Judge after his 16th home run of the season....2025
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• This college softball player is drawing comparisons to Shohei Ohtani in the NCAA Tournament

Alex Martin/Journal and Courier / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Jordy Bahl looks like the best two-way player in college softball and might be the frontrunner for Player of the Year. All season long, Nebraska’s Jordy Bahl has been punishing opponents from the plate and the circle. And Friday night in the Huskers’ Super Regional matchup against Tennessee in Knoxville was no different. ...2025
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• Paul Skenes Trade Rumors: Pirates Rookie Could Suffer Same Angels Fate As Shohei Ohtani, Per MLB Insider
Discussions around the Pirates trading Paul Skenes will continue to heat up as the team struggles at the bottom of the standings....2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 41

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Cubs tease a series win but come up short in a 6-2 loss. Today’s shocking fact is that the Cubs weren’t quite good enough against the Mets in New York in a series where they were without Justin Steele, Shōta Imanaga and Ian Happ. Ryan Pressly hasn’t worked out at closer and the Cubs are at the tail end of what has been and probably will remain the tou...2025
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• Agent makes bold claim on the years on Shohei Ohtani's Dodgers deal

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani got paid and then he won a World Series. Had he been able to look into the future to guarantee those two outcomes when he became a free agent in November 2023, he would have been extremely happy with his results....2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 8, 2025

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images The Royals are on fire. Michael Wacha has been on a roll: After posting a 4.35 ERA in his first four starts of the year, Wacha has logged a quality start in each of his past three outings and pitched into the seventh inning in each of his last two. Wednesday was the first time he finished seven this season. He was only at 84 pitches and could have gone back out fo...2025
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• Dodgers Tag Alcantara Again - May 6th, 2025
Sandy Alcantara, SP, MIA Alcantara was roughed up by the Dodgers again on Monday. Giving up five runs on six hits, one walk, and four Ks across 5.0 innings of work. The start came on the heels of a disastrous outing in LA six days ago (7ER, 2.2IP). The 2022 NL Cy Young winner has not worked his way back into form after missing the entirety of the 2024 season due to Tommy John surgery. With career-...2025
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• Braves complete salvage job against Dodgers

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images The Braves are done with the Dodgers and considering how this season’s series went, not a moment sooner! The Atlanta Braves were riding high heading into this series with the Los Angeles Dodgers. They were on a run of having won four straight series and had just returned home from a productive road trip out West against the Diamondbac...2025
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• Will a different venue provide a different result for Braves against Dodgers?

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images The Braves have a chance to get back at one of their tormentors from earlier this season. It’s easier said than done! Earlier this month, the Atlanta Braves visited Los Angeles looking for any type of way to get their season going in a positive direction after they had gone 0-for-4 in San Diego to kick off the season. As we all know, that ended up not ...2025
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• Shohei Ohtani’s First-Pitch Leadoff HR After Wife Mamiko Tanaka’s Walk-Up Song Choice Sparks Internet Buzz
After welcoming his first child with his wife, Mamiko, Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani smashed his first home run since welcoming his daughter....2025
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• Best Batter Today
New dad Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers returns to the top five of the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings with a two for four game, including a double and a walk in a 9-2 win over the Pirates. That puts him in fifth place. He owns a .286/.375/.533 slash line on the season, excellent, but not […]...2025
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• Prized prospect Ohtani to sign with Angels
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• Ohtani's interpreter fired, 'massive theft' alleged

The interpreter for the Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was fired Wednesday after questions surrounding at least $4.5 million in wire transfers sent from Ohtani's bank account to a bookmaking operation set off a series of events....2024
• Yankees out of running to sign Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani will not be wearing pinstripes next season, as his representatives informed the Yankees that they will not be among the teams invited to make an in-person presentation, according to MLB.com's Bryan Hoch....2017
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• Yankees out of running to sign Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani will not be wearing pinstripes next season, as his representatives informed the Yankees that they will not be among the teams invited to make an in-person presentation, according to MLB.com's Bryan Hoch....2017
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• Shohei Ohtani done pitching in '23 due to elbow tear
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• Angels To Sign Shohei Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani has decided to sign with the Angels, agent Nez Balelo of CAA Baseball announced today. Balelo issued the following statement on his client’s decision: “This morning, after a thorough, detailed process, Shohei Ohtani has decided to sign with the Los Angeles Angels. Shohei is humbled and flattered by all the time and effort that so…...2017
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• Tigers broadcaster Jack Morris suspended indefinitely after using fake accent before Shohei Ohtani at-bat
Morris apologized on the air when Ohtani came up to bat in the ninth after the sixth inning remark...2021
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• Angels' Shohei Ohtani hits first career grand slam in two-homer game vs. Rays
Ohtani had never hit a grand slam in either MLB or Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball...2022
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• Preseason Prep - March 20, 2025
Shohei Ohtani, DH (LAD) Ohtani's path to back-to-back 50/50 seasons began on Wednesday in Japan when the Dodgers' superstar blasted his first home run of the regular season, a towering fly off a 99-mph fastball that was initially ruled fan interference but later overruled via replay review. Ohtani finished the 2-game Tokyo series with three hits, including two extra-base hits, and two walks in 10 ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Is Mookie Betts trading strike-outs for strikes?

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images (It’s a very clever joke because he bought a bowling league franchise.) It’s not mystery that baseball players, being athletes, are often fond of more than one sport. Plenty of baseball players were on multiple teams in high school and college, lots of guys play golf (some, like Justin Verlander were actually semi-pro, at least according to his old T...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 16, 2025
Nolan Schanuel If you play in a super deep league and find yourself desperate at the Corner Infield spot, consider Schanuel. He had a sneaky good 2024, displaying some of the best discipline and contact skills in all of baseball. His .343 OBP is driven by a 11.2% walk rate, thanks to only whiffing at 14% of the time (96th Percentile) and only chasing 21.5% of the time (91st Percentile). Even thoug...2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-March 8, 2025
Around the League Colson Montgomery-White Sox-SS The White Sox are projected to be one of the worst lineups in baseball in 2025. On a macro level this is not ideal for fantasy production but what it does offer is playing time for young players. The White Sox are going to give SS Colson Montgomery every opportunity to figure it out at the major league level. He hit .214 with 18 HR, 66 R, 63 R...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 27, 2025
Bryce Harper, 1B (PHI) Scary moment for the Phillies as Bryce Harper was hit on the arm by a pitch in Wednesday's Grapefruit League game against the Blue Jays. It was his first game of the spring as he missed time with an illness. The good news is the Phillies training staff is categorizing the injury as a triceps contusion and don't intend to send the slugger for X-rays. Philadelphia will undoubt...2025
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• Preseason Prep - February 26, 2025
Fantasy Relevance for the Dodgers deeper rotation options? Baseball fans know that the Dodgers loaded up on starting pitching in the offseason adding 2-time Cy Young award winner Blake Snell, Phenom Roki Sasaki and re-signing the legendary Clayton Kershaw. With Shohei Ohtani expected to take the mound this year and Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow returning it's an electric top 5. That being ...2025
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• Preseason Draft Prep - February 20, 2025
Mariners Starting Rotation The Mariners' starting rotation is fascinating. Luis Castillo is the veteran with the most impressive resume, but he could turn out to be the worst starter on the team by the end of the season. He is certainly the oldest at 32 years old. In fact, every other Seattle starter is 27 years old or younger. The youth-infused rotation is buoyed by a pitcher-friendly ballpark an...2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep - February 16, 2025
Wyatt Langford Langford came into the 2024 season with quite a fair bit of hype, as the former No. 4 overall pick effectively skipped the minor leagues and was thrusted into a starter role immediately. He got off to a slow start, posting just an 80 wRC+ in March/April. His May was shortened due to an injury, before he bounced back in June and posted a 151 wRC+ and.380 wOBA across 106 PAs. Across t...2025
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• Assessing the bust potential of Shohei Ohtani in fantasy
Now that we know how Shohei Ohtani will work as an ESPN Fantasy Baseball player, many managers will be ready to draft him early for their roto or head-to-head categories league rosters. Here's why you should think twice about spending big on the rookie....2018
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• The case for not drafting Shohei Ohtani in fantasy baseball
Shohei Ohtani could break fantasy baseball as a talented two-way player, but that's only one of the possible outcomes for the rookie. If you play in a points league, there are some reasons to lower expectations for the Angels' newest star....2018

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• Memorial Day Rumblings - News for May 26, 2025

We salute those that have sacrificed all. Freddy Ferrmin was a big hero on Sunday, writes Jaylon Thompson. “Freddy can do it all, man,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “He is a leader and ... he doesn’t take any pitches off. He prepares on the defensive side as well as anybody I’ve seen. He can really throw. “(H)uge hit for us. That was a two-strike hit, as well. Freddy is a really good compet...2025
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• Ohtani's live pitching session pushed to Sunday
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to face hitters Sunday for the first time in his recovery from right elbow surgery....2025
• Rehabbing Ohtani to face hitters for first time
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to face hitters Saturday for the first time in his recovery from right elbow surgery....2025
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• Cubs 13, White Sox 3: Pete Crow-Armstrong’s four-hit day leads the way

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images The Cubs center fielder led an offensive onslaught. Cade Horton did not have himself a very good first inning. He threw nearly 30 pitches and served up a two-run homer to Miguel Vargas. Did that matter? The wind was blowing out strongly (21 miles per hour) on a very warm Friday afternoon, and Pete Crow-Armstrong got that home run back and three other hi...2025
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• Beat the Streak Picks
The Log5 Method yields these top projected hit averages against starting pitchers: 0.309 — Freddie Freeman batting against Jack Kochanowicz. 0.302 — Jacob Wilson batting against Logan Webb. 0.294 — Bobby Witt Jr. batting against Andre Pallante. 0.294 — Shohei Ohtani batting against Jack Kochanowicz. 0.294 — Aaron Judge batting against Tylor Megill. 0.291 — [R...2025
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• Outside The Confines: First to 20!

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Oh course Shohei Ohtani is among the best yet again. Happy Wednesday, everyone! This week, Shohei Ohtani became the first player to 20 home runs, and we’re only 1⁄3 of the way through the season. Too soon to start crossing our fingers for a 60 home run season? Never! We also have more news bites, looking at a baseball book club; how the Nationals continu...2025
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• NFL draft: Browns shouldn’t trade down out of second spot unless “Godfather” offer comes

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images for ONIT Travis Hunter or Abdul Carter should be Browns after the NFL draft unless trade rumors include huge offers We’ve finally made it, it is NFL Draft Day. Teams are either subtly revealing their plans or putting up smoke screens to throw everyone off. It’s common around this time, but no one really knows what teams are going to do until the pick i...2025
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• Ippei Mizuhara’s Bookie Wonders About Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani’s Knowledge of Gambling

The Los Angeles Dodgers landed Shohei Ohtani ahead of the 2024 season as the generational talent inked a 10-year, $700 million deal. As festive as Dec. 2023 was for Dodgers fans, a dark scandal soon followed Ohtani’s now-former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. Mizuhara stole nearly $17 million from Ohtani to fund his secret and illegal sports …...2025
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• MLB Power Rankings: Which teams can challenge the Dodgers?

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Dodgers look like the cream of the crop but there are several teams that could challenge for their crown. Every Major League Baseball team begins a brand new baseball season with hope. In the spring of 1993, as a fresh-faced 16-year-old Phillies fan living in suburban bliss, I had no right to believe that summer was going to be anythin...2025
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• Further thoughts on the MLB Tokyo Series, the Cubs, the Dodgers and Shohei Ohtani

Al Yellon The Cubs participated in the games, but they still have a long way to go in Japan. TOKYO — The window display you see above is in a random store in the Shibuya District in Tokyo. The Shibuya Crossing is one of the most famous spots in Tokyo; I wrote a bit about it the other day. But it’s not just in random stores in Shibuya where you see images of Shohei Ohtani. It’s literally e...2025
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• Dodgers 6, Cubs 3: Let’s have an overreaction party!

Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images As a Dodgers official I rode down in an elevator with after the game said, “It’s just two games.” TOKYO — You could look at it the way I noted below the headline. Or you could look at the Cubs’ 6-3 loss to the Dodgers at the Tokyo Dome, a sweep the Dodgers completed without two of their best players (Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman) and utterly panic as t...2025
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• ‘Monetize Shohei Ohtani’ – Former Prez Raises Alarms on Dodgers and MLB’s Shocking Plan Before Tokyo Series
Someone revealed something shocking about the Los Angeles Dodgers and Shohei Ohtani. What is it?...2025
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