{"id":131973,"date":"2026-05-14T11:12:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82-131973"},"modified":"2026-05-14T11:12:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:12:52","slug":"shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82-131973","title":{"rendered":"Shohei Ohtani making up for struggles at plate after lowering league-leading ERA to 0.82"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Shohei Ohtani<\/a> can simply do whatever he wants on the baseball field.<\/p>\n

Hit 50 home runs? Sure. Steal 50 bases? You got it. Do them both in the same season<\/a>? Sounds good.<\/p>\n

Lead the majors in earned run average? If you say so.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> two-way star certainly isn’t hitting up to the expectations he has set for himself, owning a lifetime .951 OPS, posting an OPS of over 1.000 in three straight years, and hitting 54 and 55 homers in each of the last two seasons, respectively.<\/p>\n

It’s so far been a down year at the plate for Ohtani, who’s hitting .240 with a .796 OPS. Not including the truncated 2020 season, those would be the lowest marks of his career.<\/p>\n

But he is most definitely making up for it on the mound.<\/p>\n

After posting seven scoreless innings against the San Francisco Giants<\/a> on Wednesday, Ohtani is now pitching to an MLB-best 0.82 ERA.<\/p>\n

Ohtani has allowed just four earned runs on the season, half of which came earlier this month against a stout Houston Astros offense, in 44.0 innings pitched.<\/p>\n

CAL RALEIGH ENDS 0-FOR-38 STREAK WITH UNORTHODOX SUPERSTITION INVOLVING HIS FULL UNIFORM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“(The) ideal situation is to be great on both sides of the ball,” Ohtani said after his gem in the Dodgers’ 4-0 victory over their NL West rivals, via The Athletic<\/a>. “But how I look at it is if I\u2019m not contributing offensively, then I know I can contribute on the pitching side of things and vice versa. So I take it as that.”<\/p>\n

“He wants to be the best pitcher in baseball, and right now, he\u2019s doing it,” manager Dave Roberts added. “You can tell he\u2019s hyper-focused on the preparation part of it, and then obviously the days that he starts, the execution.”<\/p>\n

Ohtani did not pitch in 2024 and returned to the mound last summer, pitching to a 2.87 ERA in 14 starts amid his 1.014 OPS, good for his fourth MVP in the last five seasons.<\/p>\n

The Dodgers have been careful with Ohtani’s workload, sometimes keeping him as a pitcher only this season, as it’s well known his offensive numbers take a hit when he’s on the mound, understandably so.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s interesting because last year, there was a lot of conversations that he shouldn\u2019t pitch and just be a hitter,” Roberts said. “Now, it\u2019s kind of flipped on its head. I can\u2019t imagine what goes through his mind, but I do feel clarity on how we\u2019re managing him. There\u2019s no one way to go about it. You\u2019re just trying to be fluid, and react and respond to how he\u2019s feeling.”<\/p>\n

But at the very least, the Dodgers currently have the best pitcher in baseball this season hitting at the top of their lineup. It’s like the pre-DH era, except the pitcher is batting first instead of ninth.<\/p>\n

And it should surprise nobody if, and when, Ohtani finds the bat \u2014 while still mowing down everyone he faces 60 feet, 6 inches away.<\/p>\n

Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong><\/i>sports coverage on X<\/strong><\/i><\/a>,\u00a0and subscribe to\u00a0<\/strong><\/i>the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/strong><\/i><\/a>.<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/shohei-ohtani-making-struggles-plate-lowering-league-leading-era-082 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shohei Ohtani can simply do whatever he wants on the baseball field. Hit 50 home runs? Sure. Steal 50 bases? You got it. Do them […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-131973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nShohei Ohtani making up for struggles at plate after lowering league-leading ERA to 0.82 - Wall Street PR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82-131973\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shohei Ohtani making up for struggles at plate after lowering league-leading ERA to 0.82 - Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Shohei Ohtani can simply do whatever he wants on the baseball field. Hit 50 home runs? Sure. Steal 50 bases? You got it. Do them […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82-131973\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wall Street PR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-14T15:12:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"715\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"423\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82-131973#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82-131973\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\"},\"headline\":\"Shohei Ohtani making up for struggles at plate after lowering league-leading ERA to 0.82\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-14T15:12:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82-131973\"},\"wordCount\":542,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Market News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82-131973\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82-131973\",\"name\":\"Shohei Ohtani making up for struggles at plate after lowering league-leading ERA to 0.82 - Wall Street PR\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-14T15:12:52+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82-131973#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82-131973\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82-131973#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Shohei Ohtani making up for struggles at plate after lowering league-leading ERA to 0.82\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"description\":\"Latest News From WallStreet\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Wall Street PR\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png\",\"width\":537,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"Wall Street PR\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Shohei Ohtani making up for struggles at plate after lowering league-leading ERA to 0.82 - Wall Street PR","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82-131973","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Shohei Ohtani making up for struggles at plate after lowering league-leading ERA to 0.82 - Wall Street PR","og_description":"Shohei Ohtani can simply do whatever he wants on the baseball field. Hit 50 home runs? Sure. Steal 50 bases? You got it. Do them […]","og_url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82-131973","og_site_name":"Wall Street PR","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","article_published_time":"2026-05-14T15:12:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":715,"height":423,"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/businessman-showing-business-evolution1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82-131973#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82-131973"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36"},"headline":"Shohei Ohtani making up for struggles at plate after lowering league-leading ERA to 0.82","datePublished":"2026-05-14T15:12:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82-131973"},"wordCount":542,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Market News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82-131973","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82-131973","name":"Shohei Ohtani making up for struggles at plate after lowering league-leading ERA to 0.82 - Wall Street PR","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-05-14T15:12:52+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82-131973#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82-131973"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/shohei-ohtani-making-up-for-struggles-at-plate-after-lowering-league-leading-era-to-0-82-131973#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shohei Ohtani making up for struggles at plate after lowering league-leading ERA to 0.82"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","name":"Wall Street PR","description":"Latest News From WallStreet","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#organization","name":"Wall Street PR","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/brand-logo.png","width":537,"height":70,"caption":"Wall Street PR"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WallStreetPR\/","https:\/\/x.com\/WallstreetPRs"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/6e00efa2abc413bdc0bca51a90c54d36","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/360_F_336393115_5gCUfwn76x3MJaCJMYDKLoRebkC8QyrL-300x300.jpg","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/author\/admin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131973"},{"taxonomy":"stock_ticker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stock_ticker?post=131973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}