Shohei Ohtani’s Comeback: Is It Science or Instinct That Will Decide His Fate on the Mound?
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“It’s certainly been tempered early,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, “but now, when you start to ramp up facing hitters and doing back-to-backs and upping the innings, that takes a lot more mindful bandwidth and also physical exertion. So that’s gonna be interesting to see how he handles all this.”
Throughout the process, both Ohtani and the Dodgers have been insistent that the superstar’s return-to-mound timeline will be dictated by how Ohtani’s body feels. Given the strain accumulated by his nightly exploits as one of the planet’s best hitters, Ohtani’s pitching rehab is, like everything else about him, completely unique.
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