Ohtani
Proper noun
Meaning
Ohtani (plural Ohtanis)
(Philippines) A surname from Japanese.
Examples
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani has a right forearm strain that will prevent the Los Angeles Angels’ two-way star from throwing for at least four to six weeks, possibly ending his season as a pitcher after just two starts.
Angels reporter Trent Rush charted the outing and unofficially had Ohtani throwing just 15 strikes out of 50 pitches, with eight walks, six wild pitches and a hit-by-pitch.
About the only player who hadn’t gotten into the action lately was Shohei Ohtani, who had an 0 for 15 before he blistered a 113-mph line drive off the right-field fence in the eighth, for a double.
For the first night, Maddon put Simmons back at shortstop, moved Fletcher to second, and had La Stella as the designated hitter in place of Ohtani.
Notable pitchers who have previously made the jump from NPB to MLB include Masahiro Tanaka, Shohei Ohtani, Yu Darvish, Kenta Maeda, Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideo Nomo.
Maddon would lead off Ohtani, believing having a 26th man this year would leave more position players to pinch-hit when the pitcher’s spot came up after Ohtani was removed.