SEATTLE -- Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani was out of the lineup for his ninth straight game Tuesday as he continues to deal with a right oblique strain.
Angels manager Phil Nevin said he's moving forward with the idea that the lineup will be absent Ohtani's name until he says he's ready to go.
"He's going to come in and tell me one day he's ready to play and he's then he'll play," Nevin said.
Ohtani was originally in the lineup for Monday's series opener in Seattle, but after going through his pregame workout was scratched.