Shohei Ohtani returned to the pitcher mound for 663 days to reproduce the second knife flow, and MLB official website special analysis 3 highlights

Major League Baseball (MLB) Los Angeles DodgersThree-time MVP superstar Shohei Ohtani returned to the pitcher mound yesterday (17th) after 663 days to reappear in the second stream, and major league reporter Adler specially explained on the 18th why the return of pitcher Shohei Ohtani is so exciting.

Dodgers' three-time MVP superstar Shohei Ohtani

Adler mentioned three highlights, the first is Shohei Ohtani's ball speed, which usually decreases after ligament surgery, but Shohei Ohtani was 2 to 3 miles faster yesterday than he was before his injury in 2023. At 100.2 miles, he last threw a triple-digit fireball back on Aug. 3, 2003.

When Shohei Ohtani is no longer affected by adrenaline, his ball speed is expected to decline, but Adler said not all players can shoot 100 miles with adrenaline. Shohei Ohtani is now the fifth Dodgers starting pitcher to pitch 100 miles in the last 10 years, joining Roxy Sasaki, Bobby Miller, Dusitn May and Walker Buehler.

The second highlight was that Shohei Ohtani dropped a lot of disgusting stretch balls, which allowed the hitter to not only lock in his four-seam attack in the future, but also pair it with the sweep ball, as the displacement of the two balls happened to be opposite. And Shohei Ohtani had a pretty impressive performance yesterday, with an average speed of 97.4 miles away, as well as a 25-inch vertical displacement and a 15-inch arm-side displacement, which is a full 3 miles faster than in 2023.

Adler mentioned that the most important thing is the vertical displacement of Shohei Ohtani's stitch, because usually such a fast extension ball does not have such a large vertical displacement, and there are only a few people this season who can shoot so fast and have so much variation, namely Pirate champion Paul Skenes and the Angels José Soriano, who just threw a 12K in a single game a while ago. In addition, the use of Shinka Ohtani has also risen significantly, with only 6% in 2023 and 29% yesterday.

Last but not least, Shohei Ohtani's sweep ball was quite sharp, with Shohei Otani sending 153K with a sweep ball in 2022 and 2023, the highest of any player, while in Otani's match against the Padres, the sweep ball averaged 86.6 miles and had a horizontal displacement of 12 inches, similar to the 2022 version (85.3 miles, 14 inches of displacement), while in 2023 Ohtani's sweep ball was a little slower and had a larger displacement (83.7 miles, 16 inches). However, Adler pointed out that even if the variation is a little smaller, the faster the sweep will be better.

Shohei Ohtani only had one swing on the 17th with an 84.2-mile sweep, but Adler believes that the 88.4-mile sweep against Manny Machado should be awarded a strikeout. Finally, Adler mentioned that Ohtani's sweeping shots have proven that if he gets the precise control of the change ball back, he will hopefully create a bunch of misses.