{"id":50834,"date":"2025-05-24T09:22:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T09:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=50834"},"modified":"2025-05-24T09:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T09:22:53","slug":"dodgers-shohei-ohtani-takes-massive-step-in-pitching-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=50834","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers&#8217; Shohei Ohtani Takes Massive Step in Pitching Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the\u00a0Los Angeles Dodgers\u00a0struggle with many injuries to their pitching staff, two-way star\u00a0Shohei Ohtani\u00a0is starting to progress in his rehab in hopes of a return to the mound this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Ohtani is starting to throw off a mound and has most recently begun throwing off-speed pitches and working on his slider.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers are in a position where they could use Ohtani&#8217;s return to the rotation as their star pitchers have all been dealing with shoulder problems.<\/p>\n<aside 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However, with such a unique player like Ohtani, every day is a new journey. The Dodgers&#8217; pitching coach brought up the point that there are days when he is fresh off a big game at the plate, and it is harder for him to get into that same throwing rhythm because of exhaustion.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-2d40d89d2de54bb584ab67dcdb7860f4\" data-google-query-id=\"CK-Em_bju40DFQGg2AUdRPUOxg\" data-ad-size=\"300x250\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/mlb_6__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/mlb_6\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/mlb_6\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"7\" data-rhp=\"1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It has since been revealed per multiple reports that Ohtani will begin to face live hitters as early as tomorrow. 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