TEMPE, Ariz. — In a move that surprised no one, the Angels named Shohei Ohtani their opening-day pitcher once again.
"As long as baseball has been around, you look up bios on pitchers — a lot of the great ones — and how many opening-day starts they've made," manager Phil Nevin said after making the announcement. "It's an honor to do that and [Shohei Ohtani] looked at it the same way. It was an honor to tell him."
That first game, against the Oakland Athletics, is March 30, his first start of what could be his last season in an Angels uniform.
