Shuhei Ohtani suffered a Champions League tear and won’t play again in ’23

\n”,”providerName”: “Twitter”, “providerUrl”: “https://twitter.com”, “type”: “oembed”, “width”: 550, “contentType”: “rich”},{ “__typename”: “Markdown”, “content”: “The injury comes at the worst possible time for Ohtani, who is set to become a free agent after the season and appears headed for the biggest contract in major league history. But if he is forced to undergo a second Tommy John surgery, which has a much lower success rate than the first, he will miss the 2024 season and possibly longer, hurting his value. \n\nHe struggled two games into the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, when he returned to the mound after his first Champions League tear, and didn’t look like he’d fully recovered until the AL MVP season in 2021. Minassian said it’s too early to tell what to expect. Of Ohtani in the future, adding that he believes he has what it takes to fully recover from his injury. \n\nI will never place any restrictions on players in general, and players in particular. “He has shown that it is possible to do and excel at it. 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He was just suffering from cramps and dehydration, Minassian said, “But today was the day he came out of the game and said he had some elbow pain. 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Minassian added that it said a lot about the character Ohtani wanted to play in Game 2 despite knowing the severity of his elbow injury. \n\n”Obviously it’s unfortunate, but I think his playing in Game 2 says a lot about the guy, Minassian said. He loves to play a lot. How much his teammates and this place mean to him. 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