Shohei Ohtani hasn’t looked like himself since injuring his left shoulder in Game 2 of the World Series. The first four games have been defined more by his injury than his presence in the box.
On Tuesday, Ohtani went 1-for-4 with a fifth-inning single and is hitting just .133 through four games.
However, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts insists that Ohtani isn’t affected by the injury.
“We’ve asked him many times over, and it’s not impeding,” Roberts said. “He doesn’t feel it. I just think it’s the chase. You see it. There’s some big at-bats that could result in a walk, and not taking the base and chasing hasn’t been good.