According to Jesse Rogers of ESPN, one AL West pitcher, Mark Leiter Jr. of the Athletics, said that the Dodgers would not "miss a beat" if Ohtani weren't in the lineup, amid his defense of PCA as the NL MVP this season.

DENVER – Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong is setting a wicked pace, but Shohei Ohtani is hot on his tail in the race for NL MVP.

The Los Angeles Dodgers were in the spotlight after their owner and chairman, Mark Walter, agreed to sell the Los Angeles Lakers. That led to speculation about his future with the team, as well as four-time MVP Shohei Ohtani’s.

When healthy, Shohei Ohtani is one of the best pitchers in baseball.

Shohei Ohtani hit his 30th home run of the season to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 3-1 lead in the top of the third inning against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday, Aug. 18, in Denver. Ohtani sent the ball into the Dodgers' bullpen for a two-run blast,

DENVER - Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani notched 30 home runs for the sixth straight season with a long bomb in Tuesday's 7-6 win over the Colorado Rockies. The four-time MVP headlined a fireworks show by Japanese hitters across Major League Baseball,

Shohei Ohtani has been shut down from pitching due to separate left knee and right biceps injuries, but the Los Angeles Dodgers remain hopeful that he will return to the mound before the end of the season as he continues to make progress.