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Angels monitoring Ohtani daily to determine how much two-way player can pitch/DH

Two weeks after all the talk about whether Shohei Ohtani should be playing in the big leagues, the talk now is about whether he should be playing more in the big leagues.

The conversation is just the latest way to measure how extreme the opinions about the Angels' two-way rookie phenom have shifted after just 22 at-bats and two pitching starts.

Angels' Shohei Ohtani bats during the second inning against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday
Angels' Shohei Ohtani bats during the second inning against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press)

"This is really uncharted territory, even for (what he did in) Japan," Scioscia said.