Overview

• Shohei Ohtani completed a 50-pitch bullpen session at Dodger Stadium, marking his highest workload since his September 2023 UCL surgery.
• The session included an 'up-down' format simulating a break between innings, with Ohtani throwing two sets of 25 pitches.
• Ohtani continues to focus on fastballs and splitters, with no breaking balls introduced into his pitch mix yet.
• The Dodgers are managing Ohtani's rehab carefully, prioritizing his readiness for the postseason over an earlier return.
• Injuries to key starters Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow, and Roki Sasaki heighten the importance of Ohtani's eventual return to the rotation.