Dave Roberts Lays Out Dodgers' Wide-open Plan For Shohei Ohtani In Potential Game 7

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With nan Dodgers facing elimination arsenic they way nan Blue Jays 3-2 successful nan World Series, Los Angeles understandably isn’t closing immoderate doors for its two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani.

He started nan Game 4 nonaccomplishment astatine Dodger Stadium, throwing six innings and 93 pitches while letting up 4 earned runs aft nan Dodgers’ unthinkable win successful nan marathon Game 3 which lasted 18 innings. As nan Fall Classic heads backmost to Toronto, Dodgers head Dave Roberts is leaving everything connected nan array for Ohtani arsenic their play hangs successful nan balance.

“We’d see everything,” Roberts said erstwhile asked about his scheme for Ohtani successful nan remainder of nan series. “It’s much of conscionable doing immoderate we tin to get done [Game 6] tomorrow and prime up nan pieces and past spot what’s nan champion measurement to onslaught a imaginable Game 7. So everything should beryllium connected nan array and will beryllium for sure.”

The Dodgers skipper said to nan anticipation of Ohtani being disposable successful alleviation for Game 6, noting nan squad will spot really Ohtani comes successful connected nan time of, but they person to person those conversations arsenic they look elimination. Yoshinobu Yamamoto will get nan shot to commencement Friday’s Game 6 for L.A.

Roberts maintains a wide-open scheme for Ohtani nan remainder of nan way, moreover nan imaginable of playing nan outfield. If nan two-way prima were to transportation successful relief, nan Dodgers would suffer their designated hitter erstwhile Ohtani’s quality ends based connected Major League Baseball’s two-way subordinate rule, per MLB.com’s Sonja Chen. Ohtani is capable to enactment successful nan crippled arsenic DH if he starts nan crippled connected nan mound. Putting Ohtani successful nan section is simply a measurement nan Dodgers tin activity astir that risk.

“We’ll talk astir everything,” Roberts said connected Ohtani playing outfield. “We’ll talk done whatever’s nan best. If we get to that point, we’ll see, but he’s not going to play nan outfield [in Game 6], I do cognize that. But, if we get to Game 7, we’ll person a bully chat astir everything.”