The Los Angeles Dodgers announced Friday that superstar Shohei Ohtani won’t play in Tuesday’s All-Star Game due to “continued irritation in his left knee.”
Ohtani will also not make his scheduled start Friday against the Arizona Diamondbacks because of the issue, although he’ll be in the Dodgers’ lineup at designated hitter this weekend.
The Dodgers added that Ohtani will use the All-Star break to undergo “interventions on his knee to put him in the best position for the second half of the season.” He’ll have his knee drained after Sunday’s game, manager Dave Roberts said, according to David Vassegh of AM 570 Los Angeles. After that, Ohtani’s expected to receive an injection, a source told Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic.
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