One of the biggest stories in baseball over the past couple seasons has been the emergence of Shohei Ohtani as a two-way star. He won AL MVP in 2021 for his exploits as both a hitter and pitcher, as he hit 46 home runs at the plate while also putting up a 3.18 ERA in 130.1 innings on the mound. For this season, there was even a “Shohei Ohtani rule” added to the books to allow teams to use better him and any other potential two-way players in both roles in the same game.
However, just because a player can theoretically do both aspects of the game, doesn’t mean they necessarily should.