{"id":852829,"date":"2026-09-19T03:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T03:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/852829\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T03:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T03:38:12","slug":"ohtani-makes-productive-swing-progression-but-no-live-pitching-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/852829\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohtani makes &#8216;productive&#8217; swing progression, but no live pitching yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">LOS ANGELES &#8212;<a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/shohei-ohtani-dodgers-3a1c3e9ec7a7940c5299405150567b35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shohei Ohtani<\/a> is progressing with his swing while on the injured list, although the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/lad\/los-angeles-dodgers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>&#8216; designated hitter has yet to face pitching or the Trajekt machine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;He&#8217;s not there yet,&#8221; manager Dave Roberts said Friday, &#8220;but everything I&#8217;ve heard, it&#8217;s been a really productive last three to four to five days. He&#8217;s in a good spot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Ohtani reunited with the team after its seven-game trip culminated in the Dodgers clinching the National League West title for the 13th time in 14 years with a win at Cincinnati on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Ohtani went on the IL just before the road trip because of lingering pain in his right biceps, left leg and neck. He stayed back in Los Angeles to receive treatment and hit off a tee for the first time Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He&#8217;s eligible to return Wednesday, during the Dodgers&#8217; final home series against San Diego.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Roberts said he&#8217;d like Ohtani to get 10 to 12 at-bats against pitching before he returns to the lineup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">&#8220;It&#8217;s what he feels good with, what gets him ready,&#8221; Roberts said.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 ESPN Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES &#8212;Shohei Ohtani is progressing with his swing while on the injured list, although the Los Angeles&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":852830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[360186,352,2323,363,3,105803,99],"class_list":["post-852829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-360186","tag-espn","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-mlb","tag-news","tag-ohtani-shohei","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}