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ESPN Fantasy Baseball Will Have One Shohei Ohtani Who Can Hit And Pitch

ESPN announced today that its fantasy baseball game would allow managers to use new Los Angeles Angels acquisition Shohei Ohtani — a rare two-way pitching and hitting star in Japan who will do both in the majors — in both capacities, just not at the same time.

CBS Sports, FanTrax and RealTime Fantasy Sports all chose the same one-Ohtani approach as ESPN, albeit with only one or the other accruing stats at a time, with the ability to toggle between the two as often as a league allows lineup changes (typically either daily or weekly).