Ohtani's Role for the Dodgers: Clutch Hitter Over Pitcher?
In the playoffs, the Dodgers prioritize Shohei Ohtani's hitting over pitching, tapping into his batting skills within a strong rotation. Where is he needed?
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Otani, is he gonna be more important to the Dodgers on the hill or at the plate when it comes to the playoff time?
At the I think it's, assuming health of everybody else, I think if they can only choose one, it's at the plate here.
All right?
Because you've got Glasnow, you've got Yamamoto, you've got Snell, you've got Scubal.
That's four starters, by the way.
You only need four in the playoffs here, so you don't even need Ohtani.
So no, it's to get his bat in there, 'cause they do need that bat.
I know Betts is hitting a little bit better now.
Muncy hits his home runs.
Freeman's up and down.
Hernandez has pretty much been invisible.
Tucker, they'd probably like to shoot to the moon.
All right?
They need Ohtani's bat in the playoffs here.
He is that big bat.
So that, what makes everything go.
It's like the Yankees with Judge, right?
They make everything go here.
So if they could only have one, they want Ohtani's, his bat to be 100% more than his pitching.
Assuming everybody's healthy, they don't need his pitching, not his starting pitching anyway.
Could use some bullpen help
