Ohtani had been scheduled to pitch Saturday, but opted to get more rest and make just one more start before Opening Day on April 7
TEMPE, Ariz. — The theme for the Angels’ handling of Shohei Ohtani last season was trust. The Angels trusted Ohtani to manage his own workload, rather that imposing their restrictions on him.Ohtani was scratched from his scheduled start Saturday because he told manager Joe Maddon and pitching coach Matt Wise that he preferred more rest between his spring starts, even if it meant one fewer start.
Ohtani, of course, had a historic season, hitting 46 homers and posting a 3.18 ERA in 130 1/3 innings, numbers that made him a unanimous MVP selection. “It shouldn’t be a problem,” Ohtani said. “I felt good my last outing and have a lot of days in between.” “Shohei has his own methods of doing things,” Maddon said. “Placekickers, punters, guys that do something different within a professional team, sometimes do things differently. There’s nobody on this whole roster that does what he does. There’s nobody in the entire industry that does what he does.”
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