The president of baseball operations says the Dodgers will meet with Ohtani to map out the next phase of his rehab and the optimal schedule that will have him ready to pitch in 2025.
Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman says an upcoming meeting the team will have with two-way star Shohei Ohtani, pictured, is not about the possibility of Ohtani pitching in the postseason but will be focused on “how we handle his rehab to have him in the best position to be ready to go in ’25 while also taking the least amount of toll on him in ’24 because he will have an important job in October as it is.
“The meeting is about his rehab progression and timing for how to get him ready for next year – which has always been planned to get into,” Friedman said. “If you strip away what’s going on with the Dodgers, right now he’s thrown about five bullpens, which is the equivalent of January, late January in his progression and October lines up at some point middle to late for live BPs like pitchers do when they come to spring training.
The idea of making Ohtani an option to pitch in the postseason is not likely to even be mentioned in the meeting, Friedman said. “The whole meeting is about how we handle his rehab to have him in the best position to be ready to go in ’25 while also taking the least amount of toll on him in ’24 because he will have an important job in October as it is,” Friedman said. “Okay – if you suspend it then and do it in November, is that enough time or do you ramp him up and have him a little bit later ? That’s the stuff we have to get into.
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