Ohtani faces a difficult decision when it comes to playing in 2024. But his long-term career ambitions may force him to take a step back.
No matter what rehab path Ohtani chooses, in the event he does have Tommy John, he’s most likely not pitching again until the 2025 season.
“There will be some compromise to his rehab process if he becomes a position player, depending on what his workload is, if he comes back next year,” said Ahmad. “Especially in a revision second-time Tommy John, you want the rehab to go perfectly. And the rehab, by design, that throwing progression, it’s designed to have very strategic incremental building loads on the ligament, so that it gets stronger and stronger during that lengthy rehab time.
Ohtani says very little of interest publicly, but one of the things he has talked about repeatedly is his desire to win. Naturally, not playing next season to focus on his rehab as a pitcher would mean sacrificing an attempt at a ring, in his prime, no less. That’s a hard thing for anyone to do, particularly for someone who could still be a massive difference maker — but it’s also totally understandable given what might be at stake in the long run.
Now, might Ohtani be able to avoid Tommy John entirely? Unless the injury is really mild, or unless Ohtani was content to DH full-time on a more permanent basis, the doctors believed it would be difficult for him to return to full form without it.
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