Shohei Ohtani’s silence is set to last at least one more day.
As reporters huddled Sunday around Ohtani’s new locker in the Dodgers home clubhouse, the two-time MVP emerged briefly before the team’s Freeway Series game against the Angels and said he would address the media Monday.
A Dodgers public relations official later confirmed the plan, which would mark Ohtani’s first public comments since The Times first reported last Thursday that he was allegedly the victim of a “massive theft” by his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara.
“I think it’s good,” manager Dave Roberts said of Ohtani’s forthcoming media availability — which the manager insisted was entirely the two-way star’s decision.