Ohtani's Return Comes Down to One Joint, Says Friedman
Friedman said Ohtani 'would be pitching right now' if not for the knee. That specificity, not a vague shutdown, is the real update on the two-way experiment.
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The Dodgers Say Ohtani's Fine. That's the Problem.
Ohtani's knee kept him out of the All-Star Game in Philadelphia. The Dodgers say he'll be fine. They've said that before about this same knee.
MLB Owners Built the Worst Cap System Imaginable
MLB owners proposed a $245.3M hard cap that would have blocked Ohtani's $700M deal. Bruce Meyer called it the worst labor system in any major sport.
The Framework Doesn't Fit: Shohei Ohtani's 0.74 ERA Is Exposing a Hole in Baseball Analytics
Ohtani's 0.74 ERA through 10 starts puts him next to deGrom 2021 and Marichal 1966. The data isn't just historic — it's exposing a flaw in how we calculate player value.