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07/19 11:19 CDT Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani won't pitch for 'some time'
because of left knee irritation
Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani won't pitch for 'some time' because of left
knee irritation
By MIKE FITZPATRICK
AP Baseball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --- Shohei Ohtani won't make his next scheduled start on the
mound because of left knee irritation and isn't expected back in the Los
Angeles Dodgers' rotation for a while.
The two-way superstar received a lubricant injection in the knee just before
the All-Star break last week and had been expected to pitch Wednesday in
Philadelphia against the Phillies.
Ohtani, however, still didn't feel 100% while playing catch this weekend, so he
and the Dodgers decided not to even test the knee with a bullpen session.
The four-time MVP hasn't pitched since July 3, and it's unclear when he might
return to the mound.
"I would say that it's going to be some time," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts
said Sunday before his team's doubleheader against the New York Yankees. "It's
not going to be a day-to-day thing."
Roberts reiterated that Ohtani feels no pain in the knee when hitting. The
slugger was in the starting lineup for Sunday's opener, batting leadoff as the
designated hitter, and Roberts said he'd wait to see about playing Ohtani in
the nightcap, too.
"We just want to continue to give it the best chance to kind of get in a good
spot," Roberts said. "As he said, as we feel, it's the pitching and the torque
on landing on that leg. That kind of gets it upset. So I think that hitting
doesn't do that. So I think that for us, we're trying to give it as much time
as possible."
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AP freelance writer Larry Fleisher contributed to this report.
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