Shortly after their final phony game, the Angels produced some very real news, manager Mike Scioscia announcing that Shohei Ohtani will make his pitching debut Sunday at Oakland in the finale of the team's season-opening four-game series.
In his final spring training appearance — an intrasquad scrimmage Saturday in Arizona — Ohtani threw more than 80 pitches, convincing the Angels he's ready for the next step.
"He should be able to get over 90," Scioscia said. "If he's throwing to his capabilities, that's plenty of pitches to get deep into the game."
"We could have shuffled things in a lot of different ways," Scioscia said of the order of the rotation.