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Kyodo News
Kyodo News
National League MVP Shohei Ohtani said Thursday he will try to resume his two-way role when the Los Angeles Dodgers open the 2025 season in Tokyo against the Chicago Cubs. “I’m looking at Opening Day, and I want to pitch and hit from the start,” said Ohtani, who unanimously won his third career MVP award the same day. When Ohtani had surgery in early November to repair a labrum tear that resulted from a left shoulder dislocation sustained during the World Series, baseball watchers expected it might delay his return to the mound. The Japanese star, however, has resumed core and lower body worko…