Ohtani said he is not nervous about making his postseason debut Saturday. Dealing with him will be a top priority for the Padres.
San Diego Padres’ Yu Darvish, left, talks with Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani prior to a baseball game, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES – Dave Roberts has said it about a number of topics or players over the years, mixing Yogi Berra-level wordcraft with a touch of Casey Stengel wisdom.After seven seasons in the major leagues and two – about to be three – MVP awards, the last unknown about Shohei Ohtani is how he will perform in the postseason.
Friedman said Ohtani’s “ability to slow everything down around him is unlike anything I’ve ever seen.” “It’s always been my childhood dream to be able to be in an important situation, to play in important games,” he said in Japanese. “So I think the excitement of that is greater than anything else that I could possibly feel.”
“I think it’s a preview,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “Because you just don’t know. These are very, very playoff-driven games that we’ve played in and you just don’t know how a player is going to react. If they’re going to get overzealous, overanxious. But he has really balanced those emotions perfectly and performed remarkably. I think that’s what we’re going to see this postseason.
“A lot of times we have a lefty on Ohtani, which we prefer, the numbers bear that out, and we like our lefties. And I’m not a guy that likes to run from competition a whole lot. We clearly tip our hat and he’s clearly a very exceptional player, but I believe in our guys, too.
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