The Los Angeles Dodgers’ superstar, a two-way player who pitches and bats as a designated hitter, has not thrown to batters off a mound in 641 days after elbow surgery in September 2023. But in a simulated game before the Dodgers’ matchup with the New York Mets at Citi Field on Sunday, Ohtani threw 22 pitches to five batters.

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar DH and starting-pitcher-in-waiting Shohei Ohtani on Tuesday became the first slugger in Major League Baseball to reach 20 home runs in 2025. Here's a look at No. 20, which came off Tanner Bibee of the Cleveland Guardians: It came in the fourth inning off a first-pitch cutter from Bibee.

Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani leads MLB in home runs — and he just took a major step toward throwing his first pitch of this season, too.