Having not pitched since May 20, Shohei Ohtani returns to the mound for his eighth start of the season when the An gels visit the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday. The pitch to keep an eye on as the two-way phenom takes the mound in Motown? His splitter, which might just be the most dominant pitch in baseball this season.
Ohtani's splitter has been the most valuable splitter in the majors this season according to FanGraphs' pitch values, and it isn't even close.
Ohtani has thrown 157 splitters this season and allowed one hit.