MLB news: Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani to be starting pitcher in World Series Game 7

The Los Angeles Dodgers will begin celebrity Shohei Ohtani on the mound in Sport 7 of the World Sequence in opposition to the Toronto Blue Jays to stick to a novel rule.

MLB created a rule for Ohtani, Rule 5.11(b), that put the Dodgers in a particular state of affairs forward of Saturday’s recreation, which is able to air completely on FOX at 8 p.m. ET.

MLB instituted a rule that if a beginning pitcher was within the batting lineup, he might proceed to bat regardless of being taken off the mound – a rule that permits Ohtani to stay within the recreation after being eliminated as a starter.

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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani walks to the dugout in opposition to the Toronto Blue Jays throughout the fifth inning in Sport 4 of the baseball World Sequence. The match was performed in Los Angeles, California, on October 28, 2025. (Brynn Anderson/AP Picture)

Nonetheless, if Ohtani had been to begin the sport because the group’s designated hitter and are available on in reduction later, they might threat dropping his highly effective bat within the lineup upon his departure as pitcher.

The one means Ohtani might keep within the recreation after being introduced in as reduction pitching was to play the sphere, one thing he hasn’t performed usually in his profession. The three-time MVP has performed simply 8 1/3 innings on the sphere in his profession and hasn’t performed so since 2021.

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Los Angeles Dodgers design hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) celebrates after hitting a single in opposition to the Toronto Blue Jays within the eighth inning throughout Sport 2 of the 2025 MLB World Sequence. The match was performed on the Rogers Heart in Toronto, Canada. (Dan Hamilton/Imagn Photographs)

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With all that in thoughts, Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts will begin Ohtani on the mound to allow them to hold his bat in play irrespective of how lengthy he throws. It isn’t clear how deep Ohtani will go into the match as he has three days of relaxation.

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Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer seems towards his dugout throughout the sixth inning in Sport 4 of the baseball American League Championship Sequence in opposition to the Seattle Mariners in Seattle, Washington, on October 16, 2025. (Lindsey Wasson/AP Picture)

Blue Jays supervisor John Schneider did not have almost as a lot dialogue as Roberts, as Max Scherzer was listed because the starter earlier than the lineups had been launched.

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