Dodgers activate Shohei Ohtani, option Josue De Paula to Triple-A

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The Los Angeles Dodgers activated Shohei Ohtani off the 15-day injured list Wednesday and optioned top prospect Josue De Paula to Triple-A Oklahoma City to open a roster spot. Ohtani is expected to serve as the designated hitter in the Dodgers' five remaining regular-season games as Los Angeles pursues a first-round bye. Manager Dave Roberts said Ohtani's health improved from a 5 to an 8 or 9 on a 1-to-10 scale, while hitting coach Aaron Bates had earlier said Ohtani "looked extremely compromised" before the IL stint. Ohtani has not faced live pitching since landing on the IL and will return after working with coach pitching and a Trajekt machine; he enters the stretch with a season line of .277, 30 home runs, 80 RBIs and a .902 OPS. De Paula, who hit .323 with one home run, seven RBIs, a .500 on-base percentage and a 1.081 OPS across 11 big-league games, was sent down but remains postseason-eligible because his earliest activation date is Oct. 3, the first game of the National League Division Series. The Dodgers also activated Tarik Skubal off the bereavement list and optioned Kyle Hurt as part of Wednesday's roster moves.

Keith Law

@keithlaw.bsky.social

Josue De Paula was just called up 11 days ago and might end up with more walks than a hitter who qualifies for the batting title: De Paula has 10 unintentional walks in 38 PA this year. Andrés Giménez has 14 unintentional walks in 496 PA this year.

5317d ago

buddytheelf.bsky.social1

So many Jays fans lamenting our lack of scoring despite being top-10 in batting average. Never mind that our middle infield, combined, would rank 115 of 135 in walks. Separately they are 133 and 135th.

Matt Frese1

Can we add you to the list of people who will be disappointed when he gets optioned on Wednesday when Shohei comes off the IL?

Molly Knight

@mollyknight.bsky.social

Shohei Ohtani whacked a ball to right field for a single in his first AB back from the injured list.

5716d ago

Chad Moriyama

@chadmoriyama.bsky.social

Josue De Paula gets ahead for the first time tonight and rips a triple down the line in right. Shouts to Nando.

4517d ago

Willy Z3

he was clearly safe under the tag, i could see it from the high cam before the replay, just a terrible call by the ump.

David2

He’s going to do something cool in the playoffs, he’s got the juice

fabianardaya.bsky.social

@fabianardaya.bsky.social

Josue De Paula will still be NLDS-eligible by sending him down today (Game 1 is 10 days from now). Expect him to be given heavy consideration on the roster. “He’s a special hitter,” Dave Roberts said.

2616d ago

Sammy Roth

@sammyroth.bsky.social

Gotta get Josue on the playoff roster, IMO. Guy already seems like such a champ. www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...

917d ago

Rowan Kavner

@rowankavner.bsky.social

Josue De Paula has a .500 on-base percentage through his first 11 big-league games. That will play.

1117d ago

Eric Stephen

@ericstephen.bsky.social

Dave Roberts reiterated Josue De Paula is in the conversation for a postseason roster spot, calling him a “special hitter.” “Hitters don’t see the ball out of hand that quickly out of hand,” Roberts said. “It’s a gift.”

1116d ago

Joe Sheehan

@sheehannewsletter.bsky.social

Highest wRC+, min. 40 PA: Josue De Paula, 198 Yordan Alvarez, 180 Highest OBP, min. 40 PA: Josue De Paula, .500 Yordan Alvarez, .431 Highest walk rate, min. 40 PA: Josue De Paula, 26% Will Wagner, 22%

1016d ago

Noah Camras

@noahcamras.bsky.social

Josue De Paula in 11 MLB games without taking an at-bat in Triple-A: .323 AVG .500 OBP 5 XBH 7 RBI 11 BB/5 K He did everything the Dodgers could have asked for and more in replacing Shohei Ohtani. Now, he'll hope it was enough to earn a spot on the postseason roster. www.si.com/mlb/dodgers/...

716d ago

Discover Nikkei

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616d ago

Josh Gitt

@joshgitt1214.bsky.social

Jack Dreyer finishes it off. 8 Dodger pitchers appeared in this game. All of them put up zeroes. Freddie Freeman had 2 big run scoring hits, Tommy Edman and Will Smith went deep, and Josue De Paula with 3 more hits. Yoshinobu Yamamoto tomorrow, with Shohei Ohtani off the IL.

617d ago

Amie Cuevas

@amiecuevas.bsky.social

Teoscar Hernández, Kiké Hernández, and Josue De Paula taking grounders in Left Field. #Dodgers

417d ago

MLB Daily News

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Roberts: Shohei Ohtani (biceps) will be activated from IL on Wednesday.

517d ago

Big Mommy Drix 🏳️‍⚧️

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Kevin McGonigle has a higher fWAR (5.2) than: - Junior Caminero - Fernando Tatis Jr. - Yoshinobu Yamamoto - Pete Alonso McGonigle has a higher bWAR (6.7) than: - Bobby Witt Jr. - Shohei Ohtani - Yordan Alvarez - Jacob Misiorowski

416d ago

Jared Massey

@jaredjmassey.bsky.social

Josue De Paula is batting second and playing left field for Oklahoma City in their elimination game tonight.

416d ago

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Daniel Brim10

Yeah I don't think he would have been there immediately if he was done for the year after this

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