Mets pitcher Griffin Canning has seen Shohei Ohtani up close for longer than most, with the pair overlapping as Angels teammates.

WASHINGTON — Shohei Ohtani laid out both his and the Los Angeles Dodgers' mindset regarding his return to the pitching mound: Better safe than sorry. Ohtani, the greatest two-way player in ...

His Ohtani philosophy is the same that it is for every hitter. And again, that’s not just a strategy, but a mentality: When a player is larger than life, part of the chess match is mental.

Ohtani had right elbow surgery on Sept. 19, 2023.He returned as a hitter last year after signing a $700 million, 10-year contract with the Dodgers as a free agent and won his third MVP award by ...