Shohei Ohtani, LA Angels. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports
Shohei Ohtani was supposed to start on the mound for the LA Angels on Friday.
He has now been scratched from that start due to soreness he felt while playing catch on Wednesday.
Joe Maddon has even thought about the idea of shutting Ohtani down for the rest of the season.
“We’ll just wait and see how he feels,” said Maddon. “Today’s Thursday. So I don’t even know the next day he’s scheduled to play catch. I’ll ask (pitching coach Matt Wise), but if it’s just like, he feels great, adamantly ‘I feel great,’ I see nothing wrong with (him pitching again)… But if there’s any kind of lingering soreness, you may see him not pitch.