{"id":959351,"date":"2026-07-26T00:19:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T00:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/959351\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T00:19:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T00:19:24","slug":"shohei-ohtani-and-dodgers-suffer-setback-in-their-pitching-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/959351\/","title":{"rendered":"Shohei Ohtani and Dodgers suffer setback in their pitching plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NEW YORK\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Shohei Ohtani<\/a>\u2019s throwing program has stalled, with the Dodgers<\/a> star canceling a bullpen session the team had tentatively scheduled for Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust doesn\u2019t feel 100%,\u201d manager Dave Roberts<\/a> said of Ohtani\u2019s left knee. \u201cAnd because I think that the last \u2018pen that he had, there was a little bit of regression. So we want to make sure that that doesn\u2019t happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was going to be Ohtani\u2019s second bullpen since receiving an orthovisc injection in his knee on July 12. He threw a roughly 30-pitch side session on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear when he\u2019ll throw off the mound next. But Roberts said he\u2019s still optimistic that Ohtani will return to the rotation sometime in August.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was obviously not ideal, him throwing his last bullpen and going backwards, essentially,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cSo obviously that\u2019s disappointing because you throw a bullpen to continue to build up. So that was disappointing. But as far as worry, concern, we don\u2019t have any of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roberts described a \u201cfluid\u201d process, with plenty of input from Ohtani, as he and Dodgers continue to navigate the knee issue. Because only pitching seems to be aggravating the injury, Ohtani will continue to play at designated hitter.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom his words, the hitting, the running, as he has done the last couple nights, doesn\u2019t affect him,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cSo I can only go by what he and the training staff are telling me. So, unless I hear otherwise, that hitting compromises his health, then I\u2019m going to keep putting him in the lineup.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Dodgers had initially hoped the injection and time off leading up to the All-Star break would allow him to get past the discomfort in his knee and not have to worry about managing it for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n

Though Ohtani feels better than he did before the break, according to Roberts, the team wasn\u2019t envisioning this kind of start-and-stop buildup.<\/p>\n

The schedule does the Dodgers some favors. The off day Monday allows them to get through this coming week without filling Ohtani\u2019s spot in the rotation. But in order to keep all their starters on a six- to seven-day rotation, they\u2019ll have to find a replacement \u2014 whether that be a bullpen day or another starter \u2014 by the first week of August.<\/p>\n

Starting pitcher Blake Snell<\/a> (arthroscopic elbow surgery) is on track to be close to a return from the injured list by then. In his second rehab start this month, he threw 2\u2154 innings (49 pitches) for triple-A Oklahoma City on Friday.<\/p>\n

He\u2019ll be targeting four innings in his next start, according to Roberts. When asked if he\u2019d need another rehab outing after that, Roberts said: \u201cLet\u2019s just get through that next one. Get through four innings and kind of read and react from there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Injury updates \"Dodgers <\/p>\n

Dodgers teammates Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez, left, and Shohei Ohtani laugh after a win over the Philadelphia Phillies at Dodger Stadium on May 29.<\/p>\n

(Ronaldo Bolanos \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n

The Dodgers are set to welcome back utility player Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a> (strained left oblique) and closer Edwin D\u00edaz<\/a> (arthroscopic elbow surgery) from the injured list early in next week\u2019s homestand.<\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez is set to be activated Tuesday, as the Dodgers open a three-game series against the Seattle Mariners, Roberts said. And D\u00edaz likely will return Wednesday, sliding back into the closer role that Tanner Scott<\/a> has held in his absence.<\/p>\n

Tyler Glasnow<\/a> (back spasms) threw about 25 pitches in a one-inning live batting practice session Friday, Roberts said. He\u2019s scheduled to throw to batters again next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Shohei Ohtani\u2019s throwing program has stalled, with the Dodgers star canceling a bullpen session the team had…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":959352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[385809,28031,1582,276,2442,385808,89616,84514,2961,224,5337,8328,385810,4158,26804,11636,193543,28211,3007,2452],"class_list":["post-959351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-arthroscopic-elbow-surgery","tag-august","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-dodgers","tag-dodgers-star-shohei-ohtani","tag-innings","tag-knee","tag-la","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-ohtani","tag-orthovisc-injection","tag-return","tag-roberts","tag-rotation","tag-setback","tag-starter","tag-team","tag-week"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116983415881496821","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=959351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/959352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=959351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=959351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}