r/Dodgers • u/Willing_Contest_5071 Back-2-Back Champs • 17h ago

Shohei batting practice 10/13/2026

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u/huggsypenguinpal Yoshinobu Yamamoto 14h ago

Seeing Shohei bunt makes me really sad. It's like seeing someone lose all their magic :(

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u/AdamantArmadillo Player To Be Named Later 13h ago

Not sure if he does that regularly, but I know some guys will start their BP with bunts just as a warm up for hand-eye coordination and to feel the bat on the ball. Doesn't necessarily mean he's planning on bunting in-game.

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u/huggsypenguinpal Yoshinobu Yamamoto 13h ago

I hope you are right. Makes sense to me. Him bunting in a regular season game was funny. Him bunting right now is upsetting :(

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u/adamosan 11h ago

Typical batting practice is usually two bunts in play before you swing. It helps with timing and everyone needs to continue to practice their bunts. It’s part of the game.

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u/nachod00g Blake Snell 12h ago

I’d rather see him bunt instead of taking a hobbled swing at some ball 2 feet out of the outside bottom of the zone

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u/TessaKatrinaRose 9h ago

Lots of players bunt a couple times in batting practice. 

Knowing how to bunt shouldn’t make you sad. Don’t be goofy. 

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u/BruitNoise Mookie Betts 13h ago

Ohtani isn't pitching. Ohtani hasn't hit a homerun since August. Dodgers need him to do "something".

If this is what fans and Dodgers FO wants. this is what you get.

He can still help the team win.

BUT I want him to sit out, get healthy, get JDP, and stop trying be a "1/3 2-Way player."

Let that sink, he's playing like a "1/3 2-way player."

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u/huggsypenguinpal Yoshinobu Yamamoto 13h ago

I was hoping he would sit out too cuz he looks atrocious. But if he's putting his reputation on the line to play, all I can say is fuck it lets go.

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u/BruitNoise Mookie Betts 13h ago

We all want the Dodgers to win and the most important factor is that we can with or without Ohtani in the line up. We just don't want him to be the main x-factor in the team losing like going 0 for 4 or imperative RISP where a bunt could give us a run but he decides to whiff.

These are about team players vs selfish plays. thinks this why he's bunting in the video. The coaches definitely treating him like a normal player instead of a homerun God.