Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani walks on the field during batting practice ahead of game 6 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Toronto on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. AP

The Dodgers are planning to go with Shohei Ohtani to start Game 7, The Post’s Joel Sherman reported. And that makes the most sense.

Due to a quirk in rules, the Dodgers would lose the DH if Ohtani came in as a reliever but not as a starter. That’s what makes him a better option to start.

Ohtani will be pitching on three days’ rest (and three days since he needed IVs to recover from his historic Game 3 performance). So he may wind up being more opener than starter. Still, it’s the right choice.

Assuming Ohtani does start, it’ll be a matchup of future Hall of Famers since Max Scherzer is Toronto’s star

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