Appearing on the Throwbacks podcast, former pitcher Dontrelle Willis leaves open the possibility that Shohei Ohtani pitches in this postseason.
makes his playoff debut. When he does, he will do so on the back of a transcendent campaign at the plate becoming the first player in Major League history to hit 50-or-more home runs and steal 50-or-more bases in a single regular season.
However, the element of Ohtani's game that makes him not just a great talent but a generational one is his ability to pitch at an elite level, an ability that was nullified for the entirety of the 2024 season by an elbow injury that forced him to undergo a surgical procedure last September., he might come out of that bullpen and throw for the Dodgers,” Willis suggested.
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