Shohei Ohtani is expected to play in a spring training game for the first time in 2025 Friday when the Dodgers face the Angels at their Camelback Ranch training facility in Glendale, Arizona. Ohtani has gotten off to a delayed start to spring training after undergoing successful arthroscopic shoulder surgery Nov.

Shohei Ohtani is on the board in spring training ... field off southpaw Yusei Kikuchi at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona. That also gave Ohtani his first run batted in this spring.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts liked what he saw from Shohei Ohtani in his first live pitching performance since surgery.

Trout will bat third and play right field against Chicago, and left-hander Reid Detmers will start on the mound in that game. This decision by the Angels means the next possible Trout-Ohtani matchup will come on March 5 when these two teams play a spring training contest at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.

Shohei Ohtani picked up where he left off in his 50-50 2024 campaign. The Los Angeles Dodgers star hit a full-count, opposite-field home run in his first at-bat in Arizona, overcoming the lefty ...