Shohei Ohtani’s slump magnifying the Dodgers’ problems

Ana Maria Rus

If Shohei Ohtani continues playing like this , he will establish another historic benchmark. Two years after becoming the founding member of the 50-50 club, Ohtani has a chance to produce baseball’s first-ever 200-200 season: 200 strikeouts as a pitcher and 200 strikeouts as a hitter. All of this is really just another way of saying Ohtani still isn’t hitting. If Ohtani masks the Dodgers’ deficiencies when he’s at his best, he also magnifies them when he’s whiffing at the rate he is now. The