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Originally Posted by bluejays
Ohtani IMO should be a short starter or a reliever. There's way too much on the line with his contract to put that much of a strain on him doing too much. Especially after he ages. Just my opinion.
Jays frankly, can go so many ways with what they do or don't do. There is a lot to adjust, so I bet they're eying some big fish with contingent deals to follow stemming from whomever they bring in.
As for Soto, I read today he's favouring the Mets now. Which to me says he's likely going to re-sign with the Yankees. You know Boras is leaking this info to get the other to pay up. In recent years the "younger" Steinbrenner has been pretty stingy with just giving out money. I can't see the Yankees being goaded to doing anything too crazy, but they did give up a lot of prospect capital which to me indicates they may make exceptions.
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Yeah. I would probably pitch limit Ohtani to like 75 pitches or something. His value as a hitter is so high that letting him get injured pitching makes no sense.
In home games I'd use an opener for him. Let someone else pitch the top of the order, he can still bat leadoff in the bottom of the 1st. That way even if he doesn't go 5 every time he can still get the win.