PHOENIX —
Fifty at-bats.
Before the start of the Dodgers’ regular season schedule next month in Korea, that’s how many spring training at-bats Shohei Ohtani has told the team he would like to take in order to prepare for the year.
“He feels if he can get 50 at-bats,” manager Dave Roberts said, “that’ll get him ready for the season.”
Ohtani confirmed as much when approached by reporters at his locker Wednesday, shortly after taking live batting practice for the second time this spring.
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