The agent for Shohei Ohtani spoke with the media on Monday and answered some large questions folks have been questioning about his shopper.
Ohtani started to have some pitching points in August. He skipped one begin because of arm fatigue. When he returned to the mound, he exited his return begin because of ache. An MRI revealed that Ohtani had a tear in his UCL.
Although Ohtani was shut down as a pitcher for the remainder of the season, he has continued to function a chosen hitter for the Los Angeles Angels.
Some folks have felt like Ohtani overworked himself and that’s why he damage his arm once more. Some others really feel that it will likely be tough for the two-way star to return from a second Tommy John surgical procedure (if he undergoes that sort of process). Persons are calling for Ohtani to cease pitching and simply turn into a hitter.
However agent Nez Balelo says that gained’t be occurring.
Balelo answered a giant query Monday when he asserted that Ohtani will proceed to each pitch and hit, simply as he has carried out all through his MLB profession.
“There’s not a query in his thoughts that he’s gonna come again and he’s gonna proceed to do each,” Balelo mentioned of Ohtani, through ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez.
That settles that.
Ohtani lives to be challenged. He units the usual for himself as excessive as attainable and has reached ranges only a few folks thought he may. That’s what drives him, so there it might be fully inconsistent along with his character for him to surrender on pitching.
Balelo was additionally requested the opposite large query by reporters however didn’t give a selected reply.
Many individuals are questioning whether or not Ohtani will bear a second Tommy John surgical procedure. Balelo mentioned that Ohtani will bear some type of process, however they haven’t determined what sort but.
When Ohtani signed with the Angels in December 2017, it was revealed that he had a tear in his UCL. He tried to pitch via the problem however ended up present process Tommy John surgical procedure in late 2018, which saved him out as a pitcher till 2020.
A second Tommy John surgical procedure would trigger Ohtani to overlook all of 2024 as a pitcher, and maybe a part of the season too as a hitter. Balelo did say that Ohtani can be prepared as a hitter for 2024.
