"Sometimes he takes two and he feels good or he wants that third at-bat,"
"I know that it's going to be soon. He's going to play in a couple Cactus League games, but I'm not exactly sure when his plane ticket is. He hasn't said,"
"Obviously him going and pitching for Team Japan, he's going to be kind of trying to ramp it up and get prepared so I think it's just more of what he does strike one, use his secondaries and be efficient and get some outs,"
Shohei Ohtani is listed as the Dodgers' leadoff designated hitter for spring training and is expected to have two or three at-bats in early Cactus League action. He is scheduled to pitch against live hitting on Sunday and is considered a Cy Young Award candidate for the season. Exact travel dates for his departure to join Team Japan for the World Baseball Classic remain unsettled. Right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto will make a one-outing start of roughly two innings and 35 pitches before joining Japan, with an initial post-return workload planned at about four innings and 60 pitches. Yamamoto signed a 12-year, $325 million contract and went 3-0 with a 1.09 ERA in the Dodgers' seven-game World Series against the Blue Jays, so his workload will be monitored closely.
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