The month of May hasn’t been great for Shohei Ohtani, but he’s ending it on a high note.
Ohtani hasn’t exactly struggled this month, but his stats aren’t quite up to the high standard he’s set for himself both on the mound and at the plate. In 26 games this month, he’s batting .230/.319/.470, not terrible but a significant drop-off from the .294/.355/.541 slash line he put up in the first month of the season. And after a lights-out first month on the mound in which he posted a 1.85 ERA, Ohtani’s ERA in May is 4.05, and he’s allowed more than twice as many hits this month despite pitching three fewer innings than he did in March and April.
