Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani throws 34 pitches without a pitch-clock violation Tuesday in a spring training game against the Oakland Athletics.
Carlos Estévez knows all about trying out for teams. Entering his seventh major league season, the hard-throwing right-hander could become the Angels’ closer.“The quicker those guys work and the more a hitter can be in the box and not uncomfortable, that may change a few things because he has that intimidating look to him and the way he kind of moves around the mound. He still has that, that’s not gonna take that away, but it will change a little bit and how he goes about it.
“It’s hard for me to say if I was overwhelming [hitters],” Ohtani said in Japanese. “I think the changes will be the same for everyone. Today, I was on time. I do think I had some feelings that I had to rush. There’s still time [in spring training], and the more I get used to it, I think I’ll be able to throw with better feel.”
Ohtani started working with the PitchCom device this spring in order to call his own games. That saves time on the number of signals he gives a catcher to get to the pitch he wants to throw. He thought the first time doing that in a game went smoothly, as did Nevin and Wise. Ohtani will play in the World Baseball Classic with Japan, whose first game is March 9. Ohtani said it hasn’t been decided which game he will start. Although the WBC will not use pitch clocks or allow the use of PitchCom, he will try to continue to pitch a little faster while he’s away.Fujinami vs. Ohtani
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