What makes Shohei Ohtani a one-of-a-kind superstar in professional sports is that he's both an MVP-caliber player on the plate and on the mound. For the Los Angeles Dodgers , however, they had to wait until this season for Ohtani to return to the mound, and entering play on Tuesday, the reigning NL MVP was sporting an ERA of 3.75 in 12 starts (36.0 innings). The Dodgers have been very careful with his arm up to this point, although he was dominant on Tuesday — as he no-hit the Philadelphia Phillies through five innings while striking out five.

This put Dodgers manager Dave Roberts in such a difficult position. Ohtani's season-high in innings pitched was five full innings, and his season-high in total pitches thrown was 87 back on the 27th of August against the Cincinnati Reds. Aft

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