{"id":48437,"date":"2025-05-23T10:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T10:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/48437\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T10:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T10:25:10","slug":"dodgers-andrew-friedman-doesnt-yet-know-when-shohei-ohtani-will-ramp-up-throwing-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/48437\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers&#8217; Andrew Friedman Doesn&#8217;t Yet Know When Shohei Ohtani Will Ramp Up Throwing Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Dodgers superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/player\/shohei-ohtani\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shohei Ohtani<\/a> is unstoppable in the batter\u2019s box, but fans are still waiting for him to return to the mound in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>More news: <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/kike-hernandez-reveals-he-once-pooped-his-pants-during-dodgers-game\/2025\/05\/22\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kik\u00e9 Hernandez Reveals He Once Pooped His Pants During Dodgers Game<\/a><\/p>\n<p>President of baseball operations <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/player\/andrew-friedman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Friedman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DBBAWwyjE7M?feature=shared\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">provided the latest update<\/a> on Ohtani\u2019s pitching debut, which is still up in the air.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll continue to kind of map out the next week or two and keep going, but everything is progressing in the right direction, and we\u2019ll start accelerating it at some point,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DBBAWwyjE7M?feature=shared\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Friedman said<\/a>. \u201cNot sure exactly when.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers have three starters who opened the season in the rotation on the injured list. <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/player\/blake-snell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blake Snell<\/a>, Tyler Glasnow, and Roki Sasaki have all been sidelined and won\u2019t be back on the bump for some time. <\/p>\n<p>The depleted Dodgers rotation could use Ohtani as a starter, but the Dodgers have made it abundantly clear the team will not rush the two-way star\u2019s return to the mound. He is not expected to make his pitching debut until after the All-Star break. <\/p>\n<p>Like Dodgers fans, manager <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/player\/dave-roberts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Roberts<\/a> has expressed excitement to see Ohtani pitch; however, the team has handled the throwing progression delicately. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trying to temper it, because I know that we\u2019re being very methodical with this \u2013 clearly,\u201d Roberts said earlier this month. \u201cBut yeah, when you see the arm and see what he can do, you sort of \u2013 I put my head in the place of how he can help us right now. But (I\u2019m) trying to be patient.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More news: <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/how-to-become-a-dodgers-season-ticket-holder-a-complete-step-by-step-guide\/2025\/05\/22\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How to Become a Dodgers Season Ticket Holder: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Have you joined our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/f4yp9ScT9r\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Discord Channel<\/a>\u00a0yet? Be a part of the ultimate Dodgers Nation community and get VIP Nation Access! Don\u2019t miss out on real-time Dodgers talk, call-in access to Dodgers Dougout, behind-the-scenes content, exclusive interviews, giveaways, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani is unstoppable in the batter\u2019s box, but fans are still waiting for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[628,5,468],"class_list":{"0":"post-48437","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-andrew-friedman","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-shohei-ohtani"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114556667460829782","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}