Should a team allow Ohtani to be a two-way player?

The question that continues to pop up here at the GM meetings, especially to the general managers but even beat writers, is if a team would allow Shohei Ohtani, the Babe Ruth of Japan, to play both ways.

The general assumption among the Japanese media is that a team that allowed him to do so will have the inside track toward signing him. The general assumption among others is that letting Ohtani pitch and play outfield would be a foolish thing to do.

It seems as if club executives feel that way, too.

The No. 1 strike against letting Ohtani bat between starts, even if only in one or two games, would be injury. That’s really the only strike matters, right?

Were he to be injured as a hitter or an…