MLB/Otani Transfer Pitch 1 Rest 4 Xiang Ping Is Favored To Win The Home Run King

At that time, entering the second half of the season, Otani may meet a new task, Angels manager Menait (Perry Minasian) revealed that after August or September to let Otani pitch 1 day off 4 games, "I think he angel, because he wants to win." Otani has never been on the board without four days off in his career.

Otani, who used to pitch one game a week in the daily rotation, maintained the same rhythm in his first year in the major leagues, missing more than six days in each of his 10 starts. The Angels continue to search for the best instructions for Ohtani, last year a total of 12 games with five days off and 16 games with more than six days off, this season is eight out of 10 games with one and five days off.

Menasee said the Angels are considering reducing the use of the No. 6 starter in the second half of the season, allowing starters other than Otani to return to the traditional rhythm of pitching 1 rest 4; As for Otani, Menasee said: "I'm open. It's not yet, but when the season gets to August or September, I think he'll want to (throw one and rest four) because he wants to win."

Menahi admitted that it is still in the discussion stage, "Otani is not pitching for four days and not five days, how much difference will be? I don't know, there is no precedent to follow, we may try once, if the effect is not good, may give up, or may not try at all."

Los Angeles media pointed out that Menahi wants to let Otani other than the starter back to the traditional pitch of 1 to 4, there may be another layer of consideration, the major league provisions of the pitcher cap of 13, and the two-cut flow is not this limit, which allows the Angels to use the 6-man rotation at the same time, the bullpen still has 8 pitchers, but if Otani after the season to play other teams is another matter.

"I want him to stay here, so we're not going to think about that right now," Menassi responded.

In addition, Otani Shepi knocked out the 12th bang of the season on the 24th, currently tied for 5th on the American League home run list, Japanese media "Full-count" reported that according to the current progress, Otani Shepi is expected to achieve the feat of 40 singles season for the second time, and even become the first Japanese player to win the home run king.

The Angels are currently playing 51 games, with Otani Shohei hitting 12 in 49 games. Otani hit 34 hits last year, the 12th hit on June 9, Otani set a personal career high of 46 hits in 2021, and the 12th hit on May 16, "Full-count" estimates that according to Otani's current frequency of hits, about 38 hits this year.