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Dodgers need to rest slumping Shohei Ohtani

Nypost · · 864 words · By Dylan Hernandez
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15 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said there would be an upcoming game in which the two-way player wouldn’t be in the batting order.”
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The web search results for this claim are completely irrelevant, returning results for a financial app called 'Dave' rather than Dodgers manager Dave Roberts.
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“the Dodgers host the San Francisco Giants in the finale of their four-game series [on Thursday]”
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Multiple sources confirm the Dodgers were playing a series against the San Francisco Giants, including a mention of a four-game series and the Giants winning consecutive games.
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web search NEUTRAL — Los Angeles (24-17) fell out of first place in the NL West, dropping a half-game behind San Diego. The Giants (17-24) won consecutive games for the first time since April 25-26 against Miami.
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/gametracker/recap/MLB_20260511…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Official Site of Major League Baseball
https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/schedule/list
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web search NEUTRAL — The Los Angeles Dodgers are facing off against the San Francisco Giants for the second time this season in a four-game series this week. Los Angeles will be looking for much better results than ...
https://www.si.com/mlb/dodgers/onsi/dodgers-announce-startin…
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“Before the Dodgers’ 9-3 defeat to the San Francisco Giants on Monday night, Ohtani broke from his practice of not taking batting practice on the field.”
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Two independent sources (Amed Post and a Twitter/X post) explicitly state that Ohtani took on-field batting practice before a 9-3 loss to the Giants on Monday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Shohei Ohtani is taking batting practice on the field for the third time this season. I believe he just cleared the Right Field Pavilion roof. pic.twitter.com/R8GHiE2O3G.
https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani-takes-on-field-battin…
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web search NEUTRAL — Shohei Ohtani reacts after striking out during the Dodgers’ May 11 game. AP. Despite taking another round of pregame batting practice on the field (already his third time doing so this year), the slug…
https://amedpost.com/dodgers-funk-continues-as-slumping-offe…
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web search NEUTRAL — The eight-time All-Star went 1 for 5 with a single and a strikeout hitting second behind Shohei Ohtani and ahead of Freddie Freeman in a 9-3 loss in the series opener against the San Francisco Giants.…
https://www.aol.com/articles/mookie-betts-returns-dodgers-li…
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“Ohtani also hit outdoors a week earlier when the Dodgers were in Houston to play the Astros.”
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The search results for this claim returned generic Google Docs help pages and are entirely irrelevant to Shohei Ohtani or the Houston Astros.
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“In Houston, BP he hit before his bullpen”
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One TikTok result mentions Ohtani warming up in the bullpen before taking on the Angels, but there is no specific evidence confirming he hit before his bullpen in Houston.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ohtani taking batting practice on the field was thought to be about as rare as a blue moon. Last postseason, two days before that incredible Game 4 earned him NLCS MVP honors, he hit on the Dodger Sta…
https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani-takes-on-field-battin…
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web search NEUTRAL — Watch Shohei Ohtani showcase his batting skills during practice. Discover insights on his technique and training!Shohei Ohtani warms up in the Dodgers bullpen before he takes on the Angels. This will …
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web search NEUTRAL — Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani took on-field batting practice for the first time with his new team Monday at Glendale, Ariz., and put on another of his patented shows.
https://www.dailymail.com/sport/mlb/article-13076023/Shohei-…
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“At Dodger Stadium, he threw before he hit.”
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While sources confirm he took rare on-field batting practice at Dodger Stadium, they do not explicitly detail the sequence of 'throwing before hitting' on that specific Monday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Watch this! Shohei Ohtani took batting practice on the field at Dodger Stadium today, something he almost never does.This could be the first time Ohtani h...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk3TaO536Z0
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web search NEUTRAL — Shohei Ohtani is taking batting practice on the field for the third time this season.The Dodgers have no plan to move Ohtani from the leadoff spot in the face of his slow start, but when he's not clic…
https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani-takes-on-field-battin…
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web search NEUTRAL — Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani took on-field batting practice for the first time with his new team Monday at Glendale, Ariz., and put on another of his patented shows.
https://www.dailymail.com/sport/mlb/article-13076023/Shohei-…
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“after throwing 23 pitches in the bullpen and taking 52 swings in batting practice”
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One source (FantasyPros) mentions Ohtani throwing 23 pitches in a live BP session on a Sunday, but another source (Twitter/X) mentions him throwing 44 pitches across three simulated innings. The claim's specific combination of 23 pitches and 52 swings is not corroborated across multiple sources for the same event.
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web search NEUTRAL — Shohei Ohtani threw 44 pitches across three simulated innings. Today marked his third time facing hitters. Here's him striking out his final batter: pic.twitter.com/StYQ0DxaBP.
https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani-throws-3rd-live-batti…
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web search NEUTRAL — Shohei Ohtani threw his second bullpen session of spring training on Tuesday. That continued the process of his return to the mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ohtani had his first bullpen session on…
https://www.ksl.com/article/51255988/ohtani-throws-a-2nd-bul…
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web search NEUTRAL — Shohei Ohtani threw 23 pitches in a live batting practice session on Sunday. (Jorge Castillo on Twitter).Ohtani threw 23 pitches over five at-bats to three hitters. He will likely face live hitters se…
https://www.fantasypros.com/mlb/news/521665/shohei-ohtani-el…
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“three of his at-bats resulting in groundouts to the right side of the infield”
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The Chosun Daily reports that in his first three at-bats he had a flyout, a strikeout, and a groundout to the infield, but it does not specify that three separate at-bats were groundouts to the right side.
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web search NEUTRAL — I’m at the angels gameDon’t judge me I’m on vacation and baseball is my sport.
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web search NEUTRAL — In his first three at-bats, he recorded a flyout to right field, a swinging strikeout, and a groundout to the infield.The Dodgers’ MVP hitter played his first game back. The issue was Ohtani, who went…
https://www.chosun.com/english/sports-en/2026/05/12/WDZ36BHX…
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web search NEUTRAL — Roberts had initially planned for Ohtani to both pitch and bat in Wednesday’s game, but after Monday’s performance, the manager decided to focus solely on Ohtani’s pitching. The change paid off, as Oh…
https://www.world-today-journal.com/shohei-ohtani-snaps-hitl…
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“Ohtani struck out in his two other at-bats, his batting average dropping to .233 and his OPS to .767.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to verify the specific stats (BA .233, OPS .767) or the number of strikeouts for that specific game.
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“Since 2021, when he won his most valuable player award, his batting average hasn’t been this low 41 games into a season.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to verify historical batting average comparisons at the 41-game mark.
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“He hasn’t homered in his last 50 plate appearances”
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“His most recent homer, on April 26, ended a homerless streak of 59 consecutive plate appearances.”
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“the Dodgers, who have lost 13 of their last 22 games.”
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“his career-worst homerless streak of 93 plate appearances came in the same season in which he pitched a career-high number of innings. That was in 2022, with the Angels.”
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“Ohtani turns 32 in July.”
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