Dodgers make Shohei Ohtani World Series pitching decision
NY Post
For anyone hoping that Shohei Ohtani will pitch in the World Series, Dave Roberts and Andrew Friedman made it clear on Thursday that there was no chance of that happening.
The Dodgers manager and the team’s president of baseball operations said on Thursday the two-way superstar will only be hitting and that there would be no surprise appearances on the mound when Los Angeles battles the Yankees in the Fall Classic beginning on Friday night.
Roberts emphasized to reporters at Dodger Stadium that “there’s no possibility, none whatsoever” of Ohtani taking the mound during the World Series.
The baseball superstar has been kept off the mound since he underwent elbow surgery a year ago.
Friedman had been asked about the possibility of Ohtani pitching earlier in the day during an appearance on ESPN Radio and confirmed that he would not take the mound.
“Just to hit against them,” Friedman responded when asked about Ohtani’s availability as a pitcher against the Yankees. “He is a one-way player for the next 10 days and then he will go back to being a two-way player.”
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