Overview
- Shohei Ohtani, who starts Tuesday against Miami, will not hit and will only work on the mound per manager Dave Roberts.
- Roberts said the choice aims to protect Ohtani’s workload on a shorter rest cycle with a day game set for Wednesday.
- This is just his third Dodgers start on five days’ rest out of 19, as the team usually spaces him by six or more days to keep his bat available.
- Ohtani enters at 2-0 with a 0.38 ERA and one earned run over 24 innings after posting back-to-back three-hit games at the plate.
- Miami starts right-hander Janson Junk, and closer Pete Fairbanks is day-to-day after leaving Monday’s game with numbness in his right hand.