{"id":115682,"date":"2026-03-25T11:47:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/ohtani-shines-11-strikeouts-and-secured-leadership-in-dodgers-rotation\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T11:47:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:47:59","slug":"ohtani-shines-11-strikeouts-and-secured-leadership-in-dodgers-rotation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/ohtani-shines-11-strikeouts-and-secured-leadership-in-dodgers-rotation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohtani Shines: 11 Strikeouts and Secured Leadership in Dodgers&#8217; Rotation"},"content":{"rendered":"Los Angeles \u2013 Shohei Ohtani sent a clear signal for the 2026 season after a standout performance in the Spring Training finale, demonstrating he is in top form to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers.\n\nIn his last presentation, Ohtani struck out 11 batters, showing his dominance on the mound.\n\nIn just over four innings, Ohtani combined speed and control, using an effective repertoire that included a sinker and curveball. His performance was outstanding, especially between the second and fourth innings, where he struck out six batters in a row.\n\nAlthough he allowed three runs and four hits, the Japanese pitcher completed his outing with 11 strikeouts and 86 pitches, leaving a very positive impression on the coaching staff.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It&#8217;s ready.<\/p><cite>Dave Roberts<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nManager Dave Roberts highlighted the player&#8217;s evolution, emphasizing his intensity, focus, and execution in each outing.\n\nOhtani&#8217;s performance becomes more relevant given the injuries in the starting pitchers&#8217; staff, increasing the need for his consistency from the start of the season.\n\nOhtani has expressed his goal of staying healthy and making at least 25 starts during the season, which could be crucial for the team.\n\nWith this performance, the Japanese player is consolidating as one of the Dodgers&#8217; main hopes for the new Major League Baseball season.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles \u2013 Shohei Ohtani sent a clear signal for the 2026 season after a standout performance in the Spring Training finale, demonstrating he is in top form to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers. In his last presentation, Ohtani struck out 11 batters, showing his dominance on the mound. In just over four innings, Ohtani [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":115683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,566,2009,1189],"class_list":{"0":"post-115682","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-dodgers","10":"tag-punches","11":"tag-shohei-ohtani"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}