The Los Angeles Dodgers have decided to withhold Ohtani from the mound until after the All-Star break, but Jeff Passan of ESPN believes he will see the mound this year.

MLB insider Jeff Passan said that Shohei Ohtani will pitch in the 2025 season, though it will be later in the year.

Where Bregman settled into just being a very good player during his final seasons with the Houston Astros, he's played like the player who finished in the top five in AL MVP voting in 2018 and 2019 during the early part of his first campaign with the Red Sox.