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Dodgers Manager Announces Shohei Ohtani's Status for Yankees Series After Knee Procedure Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani underwent a procedure on his knee during the All-Star break in an effort to get healthy for the second half of the season, Sep 30, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani gets a hug from manager Dave Roberts as they are introduced for game one of the Wildcard round for the 2025 MLB playoffs against the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium.
Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts provided an injury update on two-way star Shohei Ohtani ahead of Tuesday's All-Star Game.
, revealed that Ohtani underwent a procedure to relieve irritation in his left knee after the team's final game of the first half on Sunday.Roberts said Ohtani had fluid drained from his knee butAs far as his status moving forward goes, Roberts said Ohtani will be the team's designated hitter this weekend for their highly-anticipated series against the New York Yankees.
As for if he'll be pitching, Roberts was less committal.this past Friday as the team wanted him to get additional rest on his inflamed knee heading into the break.He was still the team's designated hitter in their final series of the first half, and went 4-for-11 with two home runs.knee issue affects him more while pitchingwith the injury is base stealing.
While he wasn't restricted as a pitcher, the injury coincided with his least dominant stretch of the season on the mound.He did say that he could've pitched this past Friday, which likely means he'll be able to make a start during the team's first turn through the rotation out of the break.Although I couldve started , it wouldve still been pushing the envelope a little bit," Ohtani said.
"But my every intention is to use the off days to make sure Im in a good place to be able to be in the rotation.
I think that No.
1, hes always said, weve always said, the goal is October, for all of our players, Roberts said last week.With that, yeah, hes had the Cy Young in mind, and understandably so.
But nothing is going to come in front of being healthy for October."And so for him to concede and miss a start in the best interest of him and the team, thats not a surprise.
Those are two separate things, but No.
1 is being ready for October, and hes always said that.
The Dodgers can give Ohtani even more rest as a pitcher by using their other five starting pitchers first coming out of the break.The Dodgers have preferred to have Ohtani's starts line up before off days when possible, which is why he's mainly pitched on Wednesdays this season.
The Dodgers play six straight games out of the break before having an off day on Thursday, July 23.
Thus, it would make sense for Ohtani's first pitching start of the second half to come on Wednesday, July 22 against the Philadelphia Phillies.Noah Camras graduated from the University of Southern California in 2022 with a B.A.
in Journalism and a minor in sports media studies.
He was born and raised in Los Angeles and has extensively covered Southern California sports in his career.
Noah is the publisher of Dodgers on SI after contributing as a writer and editor over the last three years.