Whose watching Ohtani's one inning tonight?

[Beercan collector]

Originally Posted by bk400

Yeah, and it's Ohtani who has shown he's the adult in the room.

Here's the video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LyoqcIorTE8

- Turned a train wreck into an a Admirable moment , lol one guy had his leg up over the rail

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

- Turned a train wreck into an a Admirable moment , lol one guy had his leg up over the rail

That one guy being Kershaw, who's normally pretty calm and level-headed. That's an indicator of how bad things had gotten in the series that he was the first one headed to the field.

[bk400]

Culturally, people probably assume Ohtani won't fight. But that dude is 6'4 250 (forget 210, his listed weight -- Bryce Harper is 210, and Ohtani is much bigger than Bryce Harper). He also owns the vertical jump record for both the Angels and the Dodgers and squats 500 lbs for reps. He's all smiles, but who on the Padres really wants to fight him.

[icurnmedic]

I wish he would just stick to hitting/fielding. I too hope I am wrong, but he’s just 1 pitch away from being forgotten about.

[Beercan collector]

Just an opinion but I think batting him lead off for a few extra plate appearances is killing the Dodgers ,
Five RBIs yesterday but still not in the top 20. how does a guy with 26 home runs have only 49 RBIs with Betts and Freeman as teammates ?
130 RBIs last year and a couple guys that can score 120 runs - all will struggle to reach the 100 mark this year.
Yes leads the league in plate appearances but guaranteed at least one plate appearance Every game with the bases empty.
Edit : perhaps “ killing the Dodgers“ Is a bit strong worded, they are in the first place ��

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

Just an opinion but I think batting him lead off for a few extra plate appearances is killing the Dodgers ,
Five RBIs yesterday but still not in the top 20. how does a guy with 26 home runs have only 49 RBIs with Betts and Freeman as teammates ?
130 RBIs last year and a couple guys that can score 120 runs - all will struggle to reach the 100 mark this year.
Yes leads the league in plate appearances but guaranteed at least one plate appearance Every game with the bases empty.
Edit : perhaps “ killing the Dodgers“ Is a bit strong worded, they are in the first place ��

Didn't he mostly lead off in 2024 when he got to 130 RBIs? If so, then it would seem to indicate that either he's not hitting as well with RISP or he's not getting as many opportunities with RISP which would point to the bottom of the order not getting on base as much. Either way, the fact that he had 130 RBIs from the lead off spot in 2024 seems to indicate batting him there isn't the main reason for his lower RBI total so far this year.

[jayshum]

I didn't see his inning yesterday, but no hits and 2 strikeouts with one runner reaching on an error. I haven't read anything about the Dodgers plans to ramp him up on the mound. Have they said when they will let him go longer in outings?

[Beercan collector]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Didn't he mostly lead off in 2024 when he got to 130 RBIs? If so, then it would seem to indicate that either he's not hitting as well with RISP or he's not getting as many opportunities with RISP which would point to the bottom of the order not getting on base as much. Either way, the fact that he had 130 RBIs from the lead off spot in 2024 seems to indicate batting him there isn't the main reason for his lower RBI total so far this year.

Of course I could be totally wrong , Betts is a fine base runner,
Freemans a doubles machine - put them in front of Ohtani that looks like a bunch of runs to me - And they both be seeing more hittable pitches.
It’s always fun to pretend I’m smarter than a major league manager