Shohei Ohtani has UCL tear, won’t pitch in ’23

\n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{ “__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”The injury comes at the worst possible time for Ohtani, who is set to become a free agent after the season and appears headed for the biggest contract in Major League history League. But if he has to undergo a second Tommy John surgery, which has a lower success rate than the first surgery, he will miss the 2024 season on the mound and potentially much longer, which will hurt his value. \n\nHe struggled in two starts of the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, when he returned to the mound after his first UCL tear, and didn’t appear fully recovered until his AL MVP season last year 2021. Minasian said it’s too early to know what to expect from Ohtani going forward, adding that he believes he has what it takes to fully recover from his injury.\n\n“I would never put a any limitations on players in general, and him in particular,” said Minasian. “He’s shown that it’s possible to do it and it’s good. I expect him to come back and do what he needs to do to get back to where he was.””,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Video” ,”contentDate”:”2023-08 -24T05:27:04.207Z”,”preferredPlaybackScenarioURL({\”preferredPlaybacks\”:\”mp4AvcPlayback\”})”:”https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb. com/FORGE/2023/2023-08 /23/9c01516f-c2118629-314f4a94-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4″,”type”:”video”,”description”:”Phil Nevin discusses pitching effort in loss at Reds in doubleheader Game ,”displayAsVideoGif”:false,”duration”:”00:00:43″,”slug”:”phil-nevin-on-doubleheader-loss”,”tags”:[{“__typename”:”GameTag”},{“__typename”:”TeamTag”,”slug”:”teamid-108″,”title”:”Los Angeles Angels”,”team”:{“__ref”:”Team:108″},”type”:”team”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”manager-postgame”,”title”:”manager postgame”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”send-to-news-mlb-feed”,”title”:”Send To News MLB feed”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”press-conference”,”title”:”press conference”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”tune-in-daily”,”title”:”TuneIn daily”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”apple-news”,”title”:”Apple News”,”type”:”taxonomy”}],”thumbnail”:{“__typename”:”Thumbnail”,”templateUrl”:”https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/{formatInstructions}/mlb/cuv7ame1jndn1fj5jee4″},”title” :”Phil Nevin on doubleheader loss”,”relativeSiteUrl”:”/video/phil-nevin-on-doubleheader-loss”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Ohtani, 29, made 23 starts on the mound this season, 10-5 with a 3.14 ERA and 167 strikeouts in 132 innings. He missed his last scheduled start with arm strain, and that was the diagnosis the Angels gave him when he initially left his outing on Wednesday.\n\nBut Minasian said Ohtani had never complained about any elbow issues until Wednesday, as he had previously been nursing only a blister on his right middle. finger and cramping.\n\n”He never complained about anything; he had cramps and was dehydrated, “said Minasian. “But today is the day he came out of the game and said he hurt the elbow. Today is the first day we heard about it.””,”type”:”text”} ,{“__typename”:”Video”,”contentDate”:”2023-08-23T21:04:08.759Z”,”preferredPlaybackScenarioURL( {\”preferredPlaybacks\”:\”mp4AvcPlayback\”})”:”https:/ /mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2023/2023-08/23/a94cd94b-6d8aa2ed-4fb7eab5-csvm-diamondx64 -asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4″,”cast” measures the projected distance and exit velocity of Shohei Ohtani’s 442-foot homer, his 44th home run of the season”,”displayAsVideoGif”:false,”duration”:”00: 00:39″,”slug”:”shohei-ohtani-s-442-foot-home-run”,”tags”:[{“__typename”:”GameTag”},{“__typename”:”TeamTag”,”slug”:”teamid-108″,”title”:”Los Angeles Angels”,”team”:{“__ref”:”Team:108″},”type”:”team”},{“__typename”:”PersonTag”,”slug”:”playerid-660271″,”title”:”Shohei Ohtani”,”person”:{“__ref”:”Person:660271″},”type”:”player”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”player-tracking”,”title”:”Statcast”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”game-action-tracking”,”title”:”game action tracking”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”alexa”,”title”:”alexa”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”fan-duel”,”title”:”Fan Duel”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”eclat-feed”,”title”:”Eclat feed”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”international-feed”,”title”:”International Partner feed”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”imagen-feed”,”title”:”Imagen feed”,”type”:”taxonomy”}],”thumbnail”:{“__typename”:”Thumbnail”,”templateUrl”:”https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/{formatInstructions}/mlb/lgaororkl3n3ftfy02s4″},”title” :”Shohei Ohtani’s 442-foot home run”,”relativeSiteUrl”:”/video/shohei-ohtani-s-442-foot-home-run”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”: Ohtani also hit his MLB-leading 44th homer in the first inning of Game 1 and is hitting .304/.405/.664 with 22 doubles, seven triples, 91 RBIs and 17 stolen bases in 126 games. about Ohtani’s character that he wanted to play in Game 2 despite knowing the severity of his elbow injury.\n\n“It’s obviously not good, but I think him playing in the second game says a lot about man,” Minasian said. He loves to play so much. How much his teammates mean to him and this place means so much to him. The fact that he’s playing, to me, is not impressive.””,” type”:”text”}],”contentType”:” news”,”subHeadline”:null,”summary”:”ANAHEIM — The Angels were dealt a major blow on Wednesday, as the two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani was diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow after exiting his start. after just 1 1/3 innings in a 9-4 loss in Game 1 of a doubleheader against the Reds.”,”tagline({\”formatString\”:\”none\”})”:null,”tags”:[{“__typename”:”InternalTag”,”slug”:”storytype-article”,”title”:”Article”,”type”:”article”},{“__typename”:”PersonTag”,”slug”:”playerid-660271″,”title”:”Shohei Ohtani”,”person”:{“__ref”:”Person:660271″},”type”:”player”},{“__typename”:”TeamTag”,”slug”:”teamid-108″,”title”:”Los Angeles Angels”,”team”:{“__ref”:”Team:108″},”type”:”team”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”apple-news”,”title”:”Apple News”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”injury”,”title”:”injury”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”ContributorTag”,”slug”:”rhett-bollinger”,”title”:”Rhett Bollinger”,”type”:”contributor”},{“__typename”:”GameTag”,”slug”:”gamepk-716903″,”title”:”2023/08/21 cin@ana”,”type”:”game”}],”type”:”story”,”thumbnail”:”https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/{formatInstructions}/mlb/y7bbol6y10n7en4xwnqa”,”title”:”Shohei Ohtani has UCL torn, won’t pitch in ’23”}},”Team:108″:{“__typename”:”Team”,”id”:108},”Person:660271″:{“__typename”:”Person” ,”id”:660271}}} window.adobeAnalytics = {“reportingSuiteId”:”mlbglobal08,mlbcom08″,”linkInternalFilters”:”mlb”} window.globalState = {“tracking_title”:”Major League Baseball”,”lang” :”en”} window.appId = ” /*–>*/