Yahoo Sports· 2h ago· 1 min read
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers expect Shohei Ohtani to pitch again this season, but they’re not rushing the two-way superstar back to the mound because of concern about him overcompensating while his left knee heals.
Andrew Friedman downplayed Ohtani’s right biceps soreness, too.
“If it weren’t for the knee, he would be pitching right now,” Friedman said. “We didn’t want to put him in a position where he was altering his mechanics to try to protect the knee in any way.”
The team’s president of baseball operations said Ohtani is keeping his right arm active with plyometric throws using a medicine ball that takes the strain off constantly landing on his left leg.
“It keeps getting better,” Friedman said. “Does he feel 100% in his arm? No, but neither does any pitcher in late July.”
The team wants Ohtani’s knee to feel as good as possible before he begins a throwing program on…
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