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The Los Angeles Dodgers announced that Shohei Ohtani will not be making his next start on Friday against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Along with that, Ohtani will also skip this year's All-Star Game in Philadelphia to address his lingering left knee issues. He will continue to be the Dodgers' designated hitter for the last series of the first half of the season, but will undergo some "interventions" throughout the break.
You can trace the start of Ohtani's ailing left knee issues to the beginning of last month, following his start against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on June 10.
The day after that on June 11, Ohtani was pinch-hit for in the top of the seventh inning by Santiago Espinal, and the Dodgers later announced that Ohtani left the game with left knee inflammation.
Ohtani would miss the next game on the road trip before returning to the lineup.
Dave Roberts initially downplayed the severity of Ohtani's knee and pushed the narrative that it was purely a precautionary move.
“We tried to be smart about it and get him out of the game,” Roberts told the media via SportsNetLA. “He told the trainer that he felt a little something behind his knee, and I just didn’t see any sense in risking it.”
Despite all of that, the Dodgers will remain on the cautious route and push Ohtani's start date once more to give him extended rest.
The Dodgers' plan for Ohtani is to have him undergo “some interventions on his knee to put him in the best position for the second half of the season.”
In turn, this diminishes his chances of playing in the All-Star game and will result in his missing the trip to Philadelphia entirely.
This is not the first time that issues on Ohtani's knee's have arisen.
Back in 2019, Ohtani had surgery to repair a bipartite patella on his left knee. That essentially means he was born with two kneecaps instead of one, but it had not been an issue during his time with the Los Angeles Angels up until that point.
When asked whether the two instances were related, Roberts assured that they were two separate scenarios.
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Along with that, Ohtani will also skip this year's All-Star Game in Philadelphia to address his lingering left knee issues. He will continue to be the Dodgers' designated hitter for the last series of the first half of the season, but will undergo some "interventions" throughout the break.
You can trace the start of Ohtani's ailing left knee issues to the beginning of last month, following his start against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on June 10.
The day after that on June 11, Ohtani was pinch-hit for in the top of the seventh inning by Santiago Espinal, and the Dodgers later announced that Ohtani left the game with left knee inflammation.
Ohtani would miss the next game on the road trip before returning to the lineup.
Dave Roberts initially downplayed the severity of Ohtani's knee and pushed the narrative that it was purely a precautionary move.
“We tried to be smart about it and get him out of the game,” Roberts told the media via SportsNetLA. “He told the trainer that he felt a little something behind his knee, and I just didn’t see any sense in risking it.”
Despite all of that, the Dodgers will remain on the cautious route and push Ohtani's start date once more to give him extended rest.
The Dodgers' plan for Ohtani is to have him undergo “some interventions on his knee to put him in the best position for the second half of the season.”
In turn, this diminishes his chances of playing in the All-Star game and will result in his missing the trip to Philadelphia entirely.
This is not the first time that issues on Ohtani's knee's have arisen.
Back in 2019, Ohtani had surgery to repair a bipartite patella on his left knee. That essentially means he was born with two kneecaps instead of one, but it had not been an issue during his time with the Los Angeles Angels up until that point.
When asked whether the two instances were related, Roberts assured that they were two separate scenarios.
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