Shohei Ohtani impresses in first batting practice with Dodgers

\n\n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Ohtani, who has drawn rave reviews from his teammates and executives about how meticulous he is with every swing, took pitches from J.T. Watkins as they simulated real at-bats. In the first round, Ohtani easily cleared the right-field fence on just his second swing of the session. Overall, the two-time American League Most Valuable player went through two rounds of batting practice. He took 21 swings overall, 10 of them for homers.\n\n“I was planning on, like I said earlier, to swing on the lighter side,” Ohtani said. “But I felt like the swings were feeling really good, which is a really good sign. I think it’s trending towards me being ready for Opening Day.””,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Video”,”contentDate”:”2024-02-12T22:30:34.781Z”,”preferredPlaybackScenarioURL({\”preferredPlaybacks\”:\”mp4AvcPlayback\”})”:”https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2024/2024-02/12/5c2bd27b-346a27ca-17524fb5-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4″,”type”:”video”,”description”:”Shohei Ohtani talks about taking swings outside in the batting cage for the first time this spring and his recovery from his elbow injury”,”displayAsVideoGif”:false,”duration”:”00:00:44″,”slug”:”shohei-ohtani-discusses-first-bp-session-of-spring”,”tags”:[{“__typename”:”TeamTag”,”slug”:”teamid-119″,”title”:”Los Angeles Dodgers”,”team”:{“__ref”:”Team:119″},”type”:”team”},{“__typename”:”PersonTag”,”slug”:”playerid-660271″,”title”:”Shohei Ohtani”,”person”:{“__ref”:”Person:660271″},”type”:”player”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”vod”,”title”:”vod”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”interview”,”title”:”interview”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”spring-training”,”title”:”Spring Training”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”cactus-league”,”title”:”Cactus League”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”imagen-feed”,”title”:”Imagen feed”,”type”:”taxonomy”}],”thumbnail”:{“__typename”:”Thumbnail”,”templateUrl”:”https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/{formatInstructions}/mlb/olssmokpq28ahxrbvckl”},”title”:”Shohei Ohtani discusses first BP session of spring”,”relativeSiteUrl”:”/video/shohei-ohtani-discusses-first-bp-session-of-spring”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”In addition to the elbow ailment, Ohtani also suffered a left oblique injury that shut him down for the last month of the season. Hitting on the field on Monday signaled to Ohtani that the specific injury is behind him, another encouraging sign in his progression.”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”* Yamamoto’s bullpens are a must-see — just ask Shohei!“,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”OEmbed”,”html”:”