LOS ANGELES — We've seen Shohei Ohtani as a power hitter. We've seen Shohei Ohtani as an ace pitcher. What about Shohei Ohtani, the closer?
It's not out of the realm of possibility if the Angels' two-way star decides to play for Team Japan in the World Baseball Classic.
"If you're going to pitch as a starter [in the WBC], you'd have to be built up to 60, 70 pitches. So you have to take that into account," Ohtani told reporters in Japanese on Tuesday at Tokyo-Haneda Airport. "But if they say you don't have to start, there's no reason to move up anything."
