He is hitting the ball to all fields this year as well. Just wish more guys would start doing this and we start seeing less shifts.

Exceptional is an understatement. He is an elite pitcher who was pitching top 10 in the entire MLB.

​@@Daniel-kl7sjfourth in Cy Young is not an easy feat even if not a elite hitter

Great take.. I can see what you mean. Shohei Ohtani is evolving his game to this team now.

Might be the reason why he isn't very good with RISP so far because he is not used to seeing teammates on bases before him. Lol.

Pujols loved watching him hit, that tells you all you need to know.

Exactly!

Yeah me too, let’s go Dodgers!!!😃

If I had a dollar for every time in every year somebody.. let's just hope the rotation saves some gas for October.

Nope not yet goose may Buehler kersh graterol and ohtani (pitching)still have yet to return we still getting warmed up

Yeah the guy is primed for a breakout.

Michael Busch 😢

At ST he was far and away the biggest stand out. At one point some screams “Gve that Man a Job!”

I love seeing you every video, go Dodgers!

​@@kellenthemelon226It's been awhile. Good to see you, too.

He's gonna win mvp and Soto in the AL

Ohtani been cooking the whole season, wutchu mean?

@@ryantuttle7551he means that now he doesn’t have to hit home runs and is enjoying the game hitting the ball😊

Thanks Dr.Phil

Mizuhara was not a teammate; he was an employee.

​@@HeathcoatmanHe was not a teammate, but an interpreter. My apologies for the mistake.😅

well....he did just get married and signed a 700 mil contract...can't imagine he's feeling down.

@@elasmojones Imagine if you lost your mother in a car accident, but at the same time your father survived. The feelings of sadness and joy are compatible.

He's awesome. Hope he hits over 40 several times with the Dodgers.

I do miss Michael Busch as well.

Mookie

I love Ohtani, but it's Bett's year this year.

Elly de la Cruz

what’s that?

@@chinitopinoy1726 It would be awesome to see these two teammates pushing each other to a greater height while having a friendly competition for the MVP! It's already a fun season to watch them.

Having a power hitter at the bottom of the lineup really helps. I hope he hits 8th most of the time and doesn't move up to the middle of the order. I hope Teoscar Hernandez can handle hitting 6th most of the year so Pages can keep hitting 8th.

Totally agree. It's not easy making a number like 84 look good, but he's doing it.

Need to find him a batting helmet that fits.

I'll give him five and half hours 😄. He's pitching today so hope he does great. Hadn't thought about it until I read your comments but sometimes players will turn it on in the second half. Maybe Yamamoto will get locked in sometime this season.

Six scoreless innings. Great game from Yamamoto.

I had a customer today who looked just like Will. Made my night 🥰

And he will remain a Dodger for the next decade. :-)

@@KDF1974 Yessssss! I was so glad when he signed that long contract!!!!

i like the dimensions of this ballpark. I wish Dodger Stadium went back to the dimensions they originally had. It seems too easy to hit homers there now...

I'm a Nats and Dodgers fan! But GO DODGERS!! 💙

Agreed

There were haters? I didn't know that. I thought any true fan would admire a player who can pitch and hit at such high levels.

@@rluellam you’ll be surprised, there where a lot of people calling him “overrated” 💀

@@reycantu When he came into the league in 2018, many so-called experts and insiders said he would not adjust to MLB pitching. LOL!

80 doubles and 40 home runs sounds good.

同意

At 8:13, Shohei's knocks in a double, which drives in Pages but for some reason Mookie stops at 3rd, so it was just 9 runs then, not 10. After then Freedie drove in the final 2 Dodgers' runs

Forreal. Doyers need to pick up on that. Doesn’t help that majority of our Aces are on the IL smh. Can’t always rely on Tyler to come in for the W since he’s our ace. Our relievers keep throwing BBs left and right smh

I thought he was talking about the Nationals. Grove, Vesia and Yarborough have all been pitching better.

@@richstrobel ahh okay. Maybe, didn’t clarify. As far as us, Yarbrough and Grove for sure. Vesia… Idk, I mean I haven’t been catching up on any of the recent games, but I’ve seen him give off HRs from fastballs

Joe Kelly is having the toughest season so far. Hope he turns it around.

LETS GO DODGERS!!!

Trying to figure that out myself Edit: found it. They added an extra run on accident on Ohtani's hit where Mookie held at 3rd.

Maybe Dodgers and Orioles. But I'm from Maryland originally. Any one see Kimbrel's stats? 😮 It's early but he's doing great.

Recovering from Tommy John surgery.

Been saying the Dodgers baserunning has been very conservative if not restrictive. Mookie is fast, otherwise he wouldn't be leading off. Let him fly so you can let Ohtani fly too.

The third base coach is old and slow. Dino the Dinosaur. He has been a problem for a while. Roberts will not do anything about it.

Lame pitching with decent stuff

Cuz he’s not confident with the pitch yet.

My guess is how the strike zone in npb is much wider compared to mlb, which tends to be taller. Mlb will call pitches up in the zone for strikes and batters will chase cause of that. Imanaga seems to have adjusted to this difference while yamamoto is still learning. Id suspect the pitching coach wants to him to utilize this part of the zone and has him working on 4 seam. His 2 seam worked in npb but might not work in mlb cause umps wont reward them for strikes nor will batters go after those pitches. I wouldnt be surprised if its takes a year for yamamoto to adjust mlb strike zone and hitters

@@abcdeeer Thank you for your insights. You make a good point - the MLB strike zone does tend to be wider on the outside compared to NPB, especially with umpires like Angel Hernandez (laughs). Since you mentioned Imanaga, let me explain the differences between him and Yamamoto using data. Imanaga is more of a flyball pitcher who traditionally pounds the upper part of the zone with a high-spinning four-seamer. And being a left-hander, his delivery gives hitters a different look that is tough to pick up initially. On the other hand, Yamamoto is more of a pitcher in the mold of Darvish - using an array of pitches while commanding a large strike zone. Yamamoto's calling card is excellent control that allows him to work all quadrants. Looking at Yamamoto's data, his curveball is excellent, but his other pitches don't deviate much velocity-wise from overall averages. So he needs to mix up his pitches to keep hitters off-balance, but he's been limiting his repertoire, which is puzzling. Additionally, the data shows Smith hasn't really been calling for elevated four-seamers. Interestingly, Japanese broadcasters were saying during their coverage that Smith's game calling is problematic, suggesting Yamamoto may be better off calling his own game next outing. If you have any other insights or information on these points, I'd be interested to hear them. Let me know if this translation accurately captures your thoughts.

It's their nike's "city connect" jersey. That's why you could see some cherry blossoms 🌸 on their jersey, for the Washington connection. They're hit and miss. I'm surprised you didn't like those. They're some pretty bad ones. I would say the Dodgers is much worse

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I guess you didn't pass remedial english?

The team plays much worse on every Barnes start.

I wish he was a consistent hitter against the Padres in the playoffs 2 years ago. He left 16 runners on base in 4 games! Ugh!!!

@@kellykarcher7179 New year. New Will. 🙂‍↕️

@@john98321 I certainly hope you're right. Especially in the postseason!!