Shohei Ohtani using ‘device’ to help manage injury in World Series

Shohei Ohtani was definite soon aft he partially dislocated his near enarthrosis successful Game 2 of nan World Series that he would return for Game 3.

How certain?

The Dodgers prima sent retired a matter thread to teammates Saturday nighttime arsenic they were bussing to nan airdrome for a formation to New York.

“He said he was going to beryllium fine, and that’s it,” Max Muncy said Monday earlier nan Dodgers hit nan Yankees 4-2 successful Game 3 of nan World Series. “He said he was going to play, truthful we each put it to nan broadside astatine nan moment.”

True to his word, Ohtani was backmost successful nan leadoff spot arsenic nan DH and reached guidelines pinch a locomotion starring disconnected nan crippled and a hit-by-pitch successful nan ninth.

Ohtani suffered his enarthrosis wounded connected an attempted bargain of 2nd guidelines Saturday. He was diagnosed pinch a subluxation (partial dislocation) of nan near shoulder, but further testing showed nary further damage, according to Dodgers head Dave Roberts.

It near Ohtani successful position to play, limited connected symptom tolerance.

“If it was nan correct shoulder, I deliberation it would person affected my swing,” Ohtani said done his interpreter. “Thankfully, it was my left, truthful I don’t deliberation it really did.”

Ohtani added that he wore a “device” during Monday’s crippled that helped support nan enarthrosis warm. He held nan enarthrosis erstwhile he was connected nan bases to guarantee he wouldn’t usage it if he needed to descent into a base.

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“The symptom has subsided, truthful I felt beautiful bully astir it,” he said.

Roberts has doubts Ohtani will effort to bargain bases for nan remainder of this series, but nan slugger remains a threat opinionated astatine nan sheet pinch a bat.

Even if Ohtani is little than 100 percent, conscionable his beingness successful nan batter’s container is capable to put a scare into nan opponent.

“Regardless of what limitations a pitcher mightiness deliberation [Ohtani] mightiness aliases mightiness not have, not galore guys are consenting to return that chance,” Roberts said. “I’m conscionable expecting him to power nan onslaught zone, fto nan at-bats travel to him and plaything and occurrence erstwhile nan shot is successful nan hitting zone. We’re conscionable very grateful that he’s successful nan lineup.”

Ohtani entered nan time pinch a .260/.403/.460 slash statement pinch 3 homers and 10 RBIs successful nan postseason. Two of those homers were deed against nan Mets successful nan NLCS.

“If you support nan champion subordinate successful nan crippled successful nan lineup, that’s usually bully for your team,” Muncy said. “He’s had immoderate large moments for us, and we’re expecting a mates of much large moments retired of him.”

Roberts’ only regret is he wasn’t portion of nan matter concatenation successful which Ohtani told his teammates he was good and would proceed playing.

“It would person been adjuvant if I saw that thread,” Roberts said. “I would person slept amended Saturday night. I wasn’t privy to that until today, truthful that would person been helpful.”

Ohtani entered nan time pinch a .260/.403/.460 slash statement pinch 3 homers and 10 RBIs. Two of those homers were deed against nan Mets successful nan NLCS.