Facing a rash of injuries to its pitching staff, baseball’s richest team is banking on the 30-year-old Japanese dual threat to resume his role as starting pitcher—and fast.

Veteran Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Michael Conforto has spent nearly every day of the last four months with two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani. Clearly, Conforto isn’t rushing for a night away, not when Ohtani is amid another historic season.

The MLB offseason was a long time ago. You can tell from how we're no longer talking about the Los Angeles Dodgers having the best pitching staff ever, much less setting the all-time win record.