And this is weird, Ohtani's pitching fWAR actually INCREASED by 0.2 after last night's game. I did some digging into how the stat is calculated (apologies if everyone else here knows this already), but basically, the stat heads are of the view that the parade of hits and runs that Ohtani gave up in the fourth inning were more the product of luck and subpar defense than the batters just beating up on him.
I dunno. It doesn't pass the eye test.
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