One day after saying he felt “really heavy and sluggish,” Shohei Ohtani was not in the lineup for the Angels on Thursday afternoon for the first game of a doubleheader against Minnesota.
Manager Joe Maddon said he anticipated starting Ohtani at designated hitter in the second game.
Ohtani pitched 4 2/3 innings and batted three times Wednesday in a 3-2 loss to Cleveland. The velocity of his pitches was noticeably down, leading to postgame questions about Ohtani’s health.
Ohtani and Maddon both said the two-way star was fine physically and attributed the lower radar-gun readings to fatigue.
Maddon reiterated that message during a session with the media Thursday morning.
“I don’t want to overreach because his velocity wasn’t his normal velocity,” Maddon said. “That happens to a lot of pitchers at different times of the year.”
Entering Thursday, Ohtani had appeared in each of the Angels’ first 42 games to open the season.
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