Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, right, tosses his bat after hitting an RBI single against the New York Yankees during the eighth inning of the first game of a baseball doubleheader, Sunday, July 19, 2026, in New York.
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Shohei Ohtani won’t make his next scheduled start on the mound because of left knee irritation and isn’t expected back in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ rotation for a while. The two-way superstar received a lubricant injection just before the All-Star break last week and had been expected to pitch Wednesday at Philadelphia. Ohtani, however, still didn’t feel 100% while playing catch this weekend, so he and the Dodgers decided not to even test the knee with a bullpen session. The four-time MVP hasn’t pitched since July 3, and it’s unclear when he'll return to the mound. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says Ohtani feels no pain in the knee when hitting.
