As Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani gets closer to facing live hitters off a mound, the question that followed him every year in Anaheim has resurfaced in Los Angeles: Should he pitch at all? Former Colorado Rockies outfielder and current broadcaster Ryan Spilborghs was the latest to raise the question on MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM Wednesday.

It's hard, you know, raising the bar when the bar is as high as Shohei Ohtani's. And yet, we're more than a quarter of the way through the 2025 season and the Los Angeles Dodgers' superstar has done just that at the plate.

Dodgers phenom Shohei Ohtani is progressing well in his return to the mound as he is taking the steps needed to return later this season.