"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 (in a normal offseason buildup) and October lines up at some point middle to late for live BPs like pitchers do when they come to spring training."
"Friedman added that Ohtani isn't a realistic option to pitch for the Dodgers in October because he already has to focus on hitting: 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 risk with the elbow."
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