Shohei Ohtani spoke to reporters earlier than Wednesday's video games at Nationals Park in Washington DC, and naturally he was requested about Ippei Mizuhara, his longtime buddy and former participant accused of financial institution fraud and accused of stealing greater than $16 million from Ohtani.
From Andy McCullough at The Athletic:
“The investigation is at the moment ongoing, so I can't actually say a lot about it,” Ohtani stated by way of Ireton earlier than Wednesday's recreation towards the Nationals. “However it actually made me notice how supportive my teammates, the group, the workers have been in the direction of me. It simply allowed me to actually replicate how grateful I’m to be surrounded by them.”
A number of occasions since Mizuhara was fired on March 20, Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts has remarked that Ohtani has been extra accessible now, with Mizuhara first appearing as a buffer (and because the federal prison grievance , in additional methods than one).
Additionally in Wednesday's interview, Ohtani was requested in regards to the Dodgers' upcoming journey to face the Blue Jays this weekend, together with Ohtani. certainly on a aircraft to Toronto this time.
From Invoice Plunkett on the Orange County Register:
“Going into the offseason, I used to be as shocked as any fan, so far as the information going,” Ohtani stated. “However I met with the Blue Jays group. And the impression I acquired was that it was a very, actually nice group. The followers are actually good. The town, too. So I'm actually trying ahead to going to Toronto.”
Within the subject, Ohtani is on fairly a tear, with three doubles Wednesday and 6 extra-base hits in his final 4 video games. His third double final evening was off the wall in left-center, narrowly lacking his seventh residence run of the season, which might have tied Roberts for many in Dodgers historical past by a participant born in Japan.
Shohei Ohtani narrowly missed one other homer in his last at-bat within the ninth. He would have tied Dave Roberts' Dodgers report for gamers born in Japan.
“I informed him I used to be praying for him to go down so he wouldn't get out of the ballpark,” Roberts joked. “I stay one other day.”
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Jay Jaffe at FanGraphs on Monday appeared on the some ways the Dodgers are struggling out of the gate, together with how Thursday starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto left too many fastballs proper up the center of the plate.
Gavin Lux had a terrific recreation on Wednesday, with two hits, together with a two-run single that broke the sport open. It's been a horrible begin for Lux, even with these two hits he's now hitting .167/.236/.182 on the season, albeit in 72 plate appearances after lacking your complete 12 months with a significant knee damage.
From Fabian Ardaya at The Athletic:
“I simply must make my mind say, 'F – it's okay.' Simply go. Flip it over and burn it, as a result of it's okay,” Lux stated. “We're engaged on it, simply attempting to recover from that hump.
“It’s important to discover a solution to all the time do it when your mind is all the time telling you to be protected.”
