LA Dodgers Embrace Shohei Ohtani’s Meticulous Recovery Approach, Two-Way Phenom’s Detailed Methods Re-Emerge

It’s the small stuff that adds up to a giant structure. Sports’ highest-priced player Shohei Ohtani is a big believer in this fact. This has been clear since the time he was in the Los Angeles Angels. Always focusing on his hitting mechanics and the minutest of details of his opponents, Ohtani’s attention to detail is second to none. The Los Angeles Dodgers are just finding it out. 

While Shotime won’t be able to pitch this season, he’s ensuring that his hitting remains on pace with what he did last season. The 2x AL MVP has been relentless in his training and is slowly regaining the power he lost after his surgery. This has led him back to his old “meticulous” ways. Only this time, the jersey is different and so is the location. 

The Athletic reported how the Dodgers’ staff is quite astonished with the way Shohei Ohtani conducts himself. “Everything he does is intentional, which is pretty amazing but not surprising,” noted the skipper manager Dave Roberts. The Dodgers’ President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman shared this sentiment.

Friedman expressed how one won’t appreciate just how intentional Ohtani’s regimen is “until you see it.” So what does Ohtani do? One can get an idea from 2019 when Ohtani studied the footage of every pitcher he was to face that season. Ohtani’s dedication is second to none and the Dodgers are just getting used to it.

Skipper Dave Roberts shared how he’s learning to deal with Ohtani. “Because I’ve never had a dealing with a world player. I mean, there’s only one Shohei.” This has been the stance of nearly every Dodgers’ staff member in the past few weeks. Ohtani has been through something similar in 2019. So his past experience has surely raised hopes of a massive comeback.

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The extraordinary training regime of Shohei Ohtani – a recipe for success

The report indicated that Ohtani rarely swings outside. This has been known for a while. Ohtani prefers working on his mechanics and hitting technique over indulging in power hits. But because of his elbow surgery, he’s venturing out more to measure the rate of his power. The 2023 AL MVP especially loves the Trajekt Arc in the Dodgers’ hitting facility. It helps him in getting repetitions in different pitchers’ release points and pitching characteristics. 

All of this indicates that Ohtani is regaining a lot of his old strength. While he has made a similar comeback in 2019, there’s a slight difference this time. He’s no longer the rookie of the year Ohtani, now he’s the $700 million Ohtani. How will he fare? Only time will tell.

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