Where to watch Shohei Ohtani’s pitching return: TV channel, live stream for Dodgers vs. Padres, odds, time

The Superstar of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani, will make its long -awaited return to the mound on Monday evening against the Padres of San Diego (Gametracker). The release of Ohtani will represent his first since August 23, 2023, when he was still a member of the Los Angeles Angels. He has since traveled a number of milestones, including, but without limiting himself: undergo several surgical interventions, join a new team, win a title of the World Series and see his wife give birth.

Indeed, it’s been 664 days that the last time Ohtani took a mound in a match. In case all this time and this space had made anyone forget: it is also good for pitching. During 86 MLB and 481 ⅔ sleeves games, he raised an MPM of 3.01 (142 ERA +) and a withdrawal report at 3.51. He finished fourth in the American League Cy Young Award consideration in 2022, and he compiled about 15 victories over the replacement as a launcher, by baseball reference.

Dodgers vs paadres: where to look

Time: 10:10 p.m. HE | Date: Monday June 16
Location: Dodger Stadium – Los Angeles
Television channel: MLB network (National) | Live flow: FUBO (Try for free)
Odds (via Caesars Sportsbook): LAD -170, SD +143, O / U 9

To find out more about what Ohtani’s rehabilitation looked like and to what extent his return has an impact on the nailing staff of the Dodgers, among other valid points, let us turn to our Dandy Things to Know format.

1. Have modified responsibilities in detoxification cure

If Ohtani’s rehabilitation felt like taking longer than usual, there is a good reason for that. Most of the launchers would have undergone elbow surgery on September 19, 2023 and then devoted all of them to recovering from the operation. Not ohtani. Although his 2023 season was finished at that time (due to a separate oblique injury), he signed this off-season with the Dodgers as a free agent and has since appeared to be a shattering designated in 229 of the 234 Los Angeles games.

As you might expect, maybe Ohtani resisted himself quite well. He struck. 306 / .391 / .645 (189 ops +) with 79 circuits, 70 stolen bases and 12.8 victories above the replacement. He even won his second consecutive MVP prize last fall (although his first in the variety of the National League). However, Ohtani paid a tax on its constant presence: a slow rehabilitation process.

“We just thought that to intensify the arenas alongside the intensity of the games (as DH) was not intelligent,” said manager Dave Roberts in the spring. “So we just wanted to play it slow.”

Ohtani’s rehabilitation was also affected by the left shoulder injury he suffered as part of the World Series from last year. He needed surgery to repair a torn labrum, further delaying his return to pitch.

2. The first appearance will not be traditional

Do not expect Ohtani to work deeply in the match on Monday. It can rather be useful to consider it as an opener.

The last Ohtani enclosure session saw him throw 50 launches in the simulated way of play: 25 minutes, a brief break resembling half of the dodgers, then 25 additional locations. The chances are that the dodgers will be wrong on the conservative side because they will add regularly to his workload.

An aspect that works in favor of dodgers here: the status of two -way player of Ohtani. He does not count against the limit of the list of 13 passers -by in Los Angeles, which means that Dodgers will be able to navigate in his truncated appearances with full support staff.

3. Refreshment of the arsenal

You have to see what exactly the Ohtani arsenal looks like on Monday evening. It is possible that his speed is not quite the same, or that the Dodgers asked him to tinker with this form or this form of height to optimize his game more. (Now there is a frightening thought.) Whatever, what we can do is remember what his repertoire was like the last time he took the mound.

In 2023, Ohtani launched six different throws with any regularity: a quick four -seam ball, a sweeper, a cutter, a lead, a separator and a curve ball. Its rapid ball was on average 96.8 MPH and had more cutting than the four traditional runners thanks to its preference for Supinator engine – a fancy way to say that it is more likely to launch the ball than directly behind. Here are some other aspects that deserve to remember the Arsenal of Ohtani while you prepare to watch it again on Monday:

• First first favorite land: Sweeper
• Two favorite strike pitch: Sweeper
• Best Bat Murder: Curve
• Best barrel missile: Burst

Again, we will have to see if and how Ohtani’s arsenal has changed in almost two years since its last appearance.

4. State of dodgers Pitching Staff

Even a limited ohtani should be a boost welcomed for a hit personnel. On Monday, the Dodgers broke up eight injured and six injured readers. This includes Tyler Glasnow, Blake Snell and Roki Sasaki, among others, we will not delete here for the good of brevity. (By the way, the impact of Sasaki’s shoulder seems to limit it as an option for the rest of 2025.)

On the right side, reinforcements are on the way. Not just in the character of Ohtani either. Glasnow and Snell launched, and the Dodgers should activate the young Emmet Sheehan of the IL at some point this week.

Sheehan will not receive as much fanfare as Ohtani – and for a good reason – but it seems that things are slowly, if they are surely starting in the right direction for the pitching staff of Dodgers.