The Houston Astros planned to increase Yordan Alvarez’s time at designated hitter in 2025. Instead, they endured the majority of a season without him. Hand and ankle injuries limited Alvarez to 48 ...

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MLBTR continues its position-by-position look at the upcoming free agent class. Before we move on to the pitching, we’ll wrap up the offensive group by looking at the designated hitters. Every ...

You know you're doing something right when the league makes a whole rule just for you. That's what Major League Baseball did for Shohei Ohtani in 2022. And now, the "Shohei Ohtani Rule" will get its ...

Baseball has never seen a player quite like Shohei Ohtani. Not in the modern era of the game, at the very least. Injuries have held him back in some seasons, but when he's been healthy, Ohtani's ...

Shohei Ohtani is like the wild card in the card game Uno in that his play can often dictate how the Dodgers—and entire series as a whole—will fare. As National League Championship Series MVP, Ohtani's ...

LOS ANGELES — Toronto Blue Jays designated hitter George Springer was pulled from Game 3 of the World Series against the L.A. Dodgers after fouling off a pitch in the seventh inning. Springer grabbed ...

In Game 4 of the National League Championship Series, Shohei Ohtani showed exactly why he's baseball's best and most unique talent. That 10-strikeout, three-homer performance was also made possible in ...

Shohei Ohtani, who started Game 4 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, told Japanese reporters that he would prepare to pitch in Toronto this weekend. Nicole Vasquez / MLB Photos via ...

Shohei Ohtani could pitch out of the bullpen for the Los Angeles Dodgers when the World Series goes back to Toronto this weekend. Ohtani has never pitched in relief during his major league career. He ...