Dave Roberts sheds light on Shohei Ohtani’s late season Bullpen Potential

A few hours later, in the visitors’ Dugout in Coors Field, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts explained what clarity about what could happen to Ohtani when October arrives.

“Internally, just explore some kind of options,” said Roberts. “I think it’s all contingent about how we are and where we are with the starting pitching, as well as where it is because it is still a different role that is once a week (as a starter).

“There are still many things we have to achieve before it even becomes somewhat tangible.”

The rotation of Los Angeles has become more stable in recent days with the return of Blake Snell and Tyler GlasNow. After trying to merge a rotation during The amount of the team’s injuries In the position, the return of two of the top names in the rotation has illuminated the worries in La

With the late season schedule and the need for a shorter rotation, the possibility is that Ohtani comes in from the bullpen that at the moment … A possibility that is being discussed, said Roberts, the adding of the greatest value of Ohtani at the moment on the hill comes from starting.

“At the moment I think for me, I see him as a starter,” said Roberts. “Being able to take down the first five or six innings of a game probably gives us the best chance of winning a ball game.”

Any form of moving to the bullpen would also need some time to adjust Ohtani to the role, Roberts added.

“I don’t think a week would suffice,” said Roberts. “I don’t think a week would be enough.”

For the Dodgers to get Ohtani out of the rotation for a longer period when he entered the start of Wednesday in Colorado with a 3.47 ERA in his first nine starting 23.1 Innings seems a chance that Roberts would not be willing to take at a time when the rotation seems to bloom.

“Things are certainly stabilized on the starting pitching side of things. That certainly gives us options,” said Roberts. “Like I said a few weeks ago, I think we’ll go as far as our starting pitching brings us, so to have boys in line who throw baseball well, I feel good about it.”

All quotes obtained from first hand unless stated otherwise.