After spending six seasons with the Los Angeles Angels, Shohei Ohtani was traded to the Los Angeles Angels. los angeles dodgers This offseason, he signed a big free agent contract and left town. That decision paid off, and while Ohtani took the season off from pitching due to an elbow injury and focused on life at the plate, he became the first 50/50 player in MLB history, hitting 54 home runs and 59 bases.
The move puts Ohtani in the playoffs for the first time in his career, and the slugger got his first taste of postseason action Saturday night in a game hosted by the Dodgers. san diego padres Game 1 of the NLDS. Otani hit left in his first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning.
But his second at-bat was vintage Ohtani.
Ohtani appeared in the bottom of the second inning, when the Dodgers were leading 3-0, with two outs and two runners on base. With the count up 2-1, Ohtani received a 97 mph fastball in the zone from Dylan Cies and managed to get a hand-on.
Ohtani knew right away from his turn at bat that he was no good, and the moment the ball went over the fence in the right-field seats, he threw his bat to the side and screamed, expressing his emotions.
If his numbers in his second at-bat in the postseason are any indication, Ohtani in the playoffs might be just as interesting, if not more so, than Ohtani in the regular season.
