Last October, we got our first taste of Shohei Ohtani in the postseason when he posted a .767 OPS and logged one of the biggest home runs in Dodgers history in his first career playoff at-bat.
This year, we might get a chance to see him add to that on the pitching mound thanks to the work that he’s been able to put in during the regular season.
The latest version of that work came on Wednesday when Ohtani recorded a season-high nine strikeouts across five innings in the Dodgers’ 5-1 win over the Reds.