Dodgers star Ohtani skips journey to Texas to wait for birth

Shohei and Mamiko Ohtani go to a Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation gala in May 2024 (KEVIN WINTER) The Los Angeles Dodgers put Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani on Major League Baseball’s paternity list on Friday as the three-time Many Belongings Player and his other half, Mamiko, wait for the birth of their first child.Advertisement Ohtani

, who stayed behind when the group travelled to Texas for a three-game series against the Rangers, can be on the list for approximately 3 days.Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts said there was”definitely an opportunity “that Ohtani might rejoin the group by the time the series ends on Sunday, but Roberts stated he had no detailed details on that. “He and Mamiko are expecting eventually, that’s

all I know,”Roberts stated.”I do not know when he’s going to return. “Ohtani announced on Instagram in January that he

and Mamiko were expecting their first kid, publishing a photo of their canine, Decoy, posturing along with a pink onesie baby’s outfit.Advertisement The reigning National League MVP has six home runs through

the Dodgers first 20

games of the season.He is likewise continuing his rehabilitation in the wake of a second elbow surgery as he eyes a return to the pitcher’s mound.Roberts said he and Ohtani hadn’t talked about the 30-year-old’s impending parenthood.

“He’s a very good compartmentalizer, but he enjoys his sleep,”Roberts said.

“It’ll be intriguing to see how the sleep triumphes or doesn’t triumph when you have a baby.”Ohtani, who signed a$ 700 million deal with the Dodgers before last season, revealed in February 2024 that he had actually wed, waiting numerous weeks to expose his bride-to-be was former professional basketball player Mamiko Tanaka.bb