The Los Angeles Dodgers expect two-way star Shohei Ohtani to be ready to hit when the 2025 season opens with two games in Tokyo, but manager Dave Roberts said Monday it's unlikely that he will pitch in those games.
"Very unlikely," Roberts said at Major League Baseball's winter meetings in Dallas in comments posted on MLB.com. "I just don't see us starting the clock in March to then think that we would keep that continuously going through October.
"Then that would call for a break or reprieve in the middle of the season, so I don't know. I still think unlikely."
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