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I mean, there is some data we have, but some, a lot of it is just how he's feeling, he understands his body,” Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior said.

It’s “not fun,” Kodai Senga said, to pitch to Shohei Ohtani. Facing his superstar countryman in the first inning Sunday night at Citi Field, Senga turned to watch Ohtani deposit a 95 mph fastball into the second deck in right.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are already one of the best teams in baseball, and a key reinforcement could be coming soon. Dave Roberts and company are still waiting for two-way star Shohei Ohtani to return to the mound after a long recovery from Tommy John surgery.

An entertainer entertained right from the jump, first going through a mock sticky-substance check before facing off with Hyeseong Kim, who sent a hard-hit comebacker right at Ohtani — who stabbed it with his glove with no issue, plenty of “Wow” heard from the Dodgers contingent.