Dave Roberts, Dodgers Running Out of Options
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Dodgers manager Dave Roberts will consider using Shohei Ohtani as an opener or even as an outfielder in Game 7 if Los Angeles forces the World Series against Toronto to the limit. The two-way star threw 93 pitches in Wednesday’s 6-2 loss in Game 4 and could be available as a reliever this weekend in Toronto.
The Los Angeles Dodgers could utilize Shohei Ohtani in a variety of roles with the team facing elimination in the 2025 World Series.
But Blue Jays manager John Schneider's strategy in attempting to limit Ohtani—who belted two home runs in Los Angeles's Game 3 marathon victory—by not pitching to him at all may have been a window into understanding just how unfathomably good Ohtani is.
The Los Angeles Dodgers need to win Game 6 against the Toronto Blue Jays to keep their hopes alive of a second consecutive World Series title.
Toronto's strategy has paid off but Dave Roberts could counter in Game 4 by swapping Mookie Betts with Will Smith, Teoscar Hernández and others.