The two-way sensation threw his third bullpen session of Spring Training on Saturday, reaching 95 mph on his fastball. He also increased his pitch count to 25, throwing only two-seam and four-seam fastballs along with cutters, according to the Orange County Register.
May’s fastball sat 94 to 95 mph Sunday and still has late life. He’s tinkered with his slider this spring training, finding a shape that keeps its wicked horizontal movement while adding some depth. “It’s still pretty electric and pretty unbelievable what comes out of that arm,
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts targeted March 18th as the return date for reigning MVP Shohei Ohtani.
Shohei Ohtani has yet to be in the Los Angeles Dodgers lineup for a Cactus League game, nor has he so much as faced batters as a pitcher, but the two-way superstar continues to make progress on both fronts.
Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior is impressed from what he sees from Shohei Ohtani in the two-way player's first bullpen session of the spring.
The reigning National League MVP provided his first update about his progress from offseason shoulder surgery in the Dodgers' spring training camp.
Shohei Ohtani is back on the attack, and Roki Sasaki is getting close. Ohtani, the unanimous 2024 National League MVP after the first 50-homer/50-stolen base season in Major League history, took his first live batting practice of the spring Sunday.
The Dodgers are hopeful that the real challenge for Shohei Ohtani this year won’t be about his health, but rather his process of re-acclimating to the two-way role that made him a superstar.
Two-way star Shohei Ohtani did not play in either of LA's first two Spring Training games, and he was again absent from the lineup on Saturday against the Kansas City Royals. The 2024 National League MVP served exclusively as LA's designated hitter last season, but has been throwing bullpens in preparation for a return to the mound.
The Dodgers have the Roki Sasaki and Shohei Ohtani collaboration to look forward too, prompting a huge vision from Andrew Friedman.
Ben Verlander called out TMZ for recording Shohei Ohtani struggling to park his car in a recent video. Here's what the analyst had to say.
Shohei Ohtani took the mound for a bullpen session at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz., on Saturday and reportedly didn't miss a beat. After undergoing labrum