Los Angeles Dodgers will be without Shohei Ohtani this weekend, although it is for a good reason.
Ohtani remained in Los Angeles while the dodgers went to northern Texas to launch their series with the Rangers on Friday, confirmed the manager Dave Roberts, via Los Angeles Times. Ohtani and his wife, Mamiko Tanaka, are waiting for the birth of their first child this weekend.
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It is not known how long Ohtani will be far from the team. He landed on the paternity list, where he can stay up to three days. After a series of three games with the Rangers, the Dodgers will go to Chicago to play a passage of two games with the Cubs at Wrigley Field from Tuesday.
The Dodgers called Eddie Rosario to replace Ohtani on the list during his absence.
Ohtani was incredibly private in his personal life. We did not know that he was even related to Tanaka, who is a former professional basketball player in Japan, until he announced that they were married a month after the fact. The couple revealed December that they were waiting for their first child.
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Ohtani has an average of the stick of .288 with six circuits and eight points produced on 20 games with the Dodgers this season. The 30 -year -old – who helped Drive dodgers to a world series win last season, won his third MVP and became the first player of History of the League to complete a 50-50 campaign – undergoing elbow surgery at the end of last season. He has not yet taken the mound this season and has spent all last season as a full -time DH. It is not known when Ohtani Toquera again, although Roberts declared earlier this week that Ohtani was “still a few months” to do so.
The Dodgers have a record of 14-6 this season entering the Friday evening match in the Globe Life Field. They have won five of their last seven games, which includes a scan of three games on Colorado Rockies earlier this week.
