The new tweak to the DH rule that allows Ohtani to hit even after he’s finished pitching is simply brilliant.
ANAHEIM — We learned this much on Opening Night at Angel Stadium on Thursday: Shohei Ohtani not only remains more than worth the price of admission, but the rule especially created for him might have been the smartest thing Major League Baseball has done in a long time.
After he was done on the mound, Manager Joe Maddon said he verified that Ohtani still felt like hitting, which he did, and which he could under the new rule that essentially separates the pitcher and DH spots, effectively allowing Ohtani to remain in the game as a hitter. Of course, he also said that the choice whether to continue to hit was really no choice at all: “I want to stay to the end of the game and get that run that I gave up back,” he said, and never mind that the Angels had already made up for the run he’d allowed on Bregman’s single in the third.
“It’s going to be a long season, so I don’t know how fatigue is going to play into it,” Ohtani said. “But I’ll try to pick my spots.”
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