Ohtani said<\/a>. \u201cBut on pitches that I should be making impact, I\u2019m not quite able to do that to the extent that I should be able to. That\u2019s the part that I\u2019m not quite happy about.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Apr](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1a4c9f1eb3c94ad894d419cac84d5943.jpeg\"\/)
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Apr 1, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (17) reacts after striking out during the third inning against the Cleveland Guardians at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Ohtani is one of several cases of early-season yips in 2026, as the rest of the lineup is also struggling to produce. Of the seven qualified hitters on the Dodgers, only one has an OPS higher than .700: Andy Pages.<\/p>\n
The Dodgers\u2019 struggles have shown during their games, especially in their most recent series against the Cleveland Guardians. The Dodgers lost the series finale, 4-1, and had just two hits through the first seven innings\u2014both of which came off Pages\u2019 bat.<\/p>\n
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Fans have come to expect much more from Ohtani than what he\u2019s shown so far this season, as the reigning MVP has been arguably the best hitter in baseball over the past two seasons.<\/p>\n
The Dodgers will hope their $700 million man can pick it up as soon as possible, but they don\u2019t exactly need him to rush. Despite a rocky offensive start, the Dodgers have a 4-2 record and sit atop their division. They\u2019ll hope to bounce back from their first series loss of the season against the Washington Nationals on Friday at 10:05 a.m. PT.<\/p>\n
How do you feel about Shohei Ohtani\u2019s struggles this early in the season?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apr 1, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (17) reacts after striking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2406],"tags":[1384,5,2178,51,39,1165,4332,4333,774,57,3224,4331,4,468,1558,5824,71],"class_list":{"0":"post-659758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-dodgers","8":"tag-andy-pages","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-cleveland-guardians","12":"tag-dodgers","13":"tag-la","14":"tag-la-dodgers","15":"tag-ladodgers","16":"tag-los-angeles","17":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","18":"tag-losangeles","19":"tag-losangelesdodgers","20":"tag-mlb","21":"tag-shohei-ohtani","22":"tag-the-dodgers","23":"tag-usa","24":"tag-washington-nationals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116337697028989626","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659758","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=659758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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