Would you even want Ohtani to pitch and risk injury??

[BigJay]

Why take a risk at losing his batting prowess with another arm injury??

Shohei Ohtani's blast caps 6-run 9th in wild Dodgers comeback

Shohei Ohtani's three-run homer capped a six-run ninth inning for the Dodgers, who rallied for a thrilling 14-11 victory over the Diamondbacks.

www.espn.com

 

[jjgold]

he should just be a reliever

 

[Tanko]

Why take a risk at losing his batting prowess with another arm injury??

Shohei Ohtani's blast caps 6-run 9th in wild Dodgers comeback

Shohei Ohtani's three-run homer capped a six-run ninth inning for the Dodgers, who rallied for a thrilling 14-11 victory over the Diamondbacks.

www.espn.com

Tough call on this one. Elite pitcher. Very elite batter. Paid $700,000,000 for him.

I'm thinking you take the risk that if there is a pitching injury it won't stop him from batting. Not likely but could happen. Also, you have to go with the odds that he won't be injured again at all.

Leaving him out of the rotation leaves a decent hole to fill, although the Dodgers don't seem to be scared to buy elite players and screw the salary cap rules so.....

 

[jjgold]

His value is being a closer. I don’t know why nobody sees that.

 

[keithrichard]

His value is being a closer. I don’t know why nobody sees that.

I can see that.
50 HR
50 SB
50 Saves

 

[DiggityDaggityDo]

His value is being a closer. I don’t know why nobody sees that.

What do you mean?

About 500,000 people have said that before you.

 

[jjgold]

Diggity, I was the first

 

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Diggity, I was the first

 

[KingKolzig]

Good call bj

 

[MinnesotaFats]

You play to win the game.

If he is the best pitching option that day, then he pitches.