Shohei Ohtani has become the face of the Los Angeles Dodgers since joining last season and has learned from veteran Clayton Kershaw, especially on Kershaw's start days. Ohtani returned to pitching this season after surgeries kept him off the mound in 2024 and made his pitching debut in June. Ohtani has a 4.18 ERA and 44 strikeouts in 11 starts, including a season-best nine strikeouts against Cincinnati that helped the Dodgers record 19 strikeouts in a nine-inning game. Kershaw is closing a Hall of Fame career, is a three-time Cy Young winner, reached 3,000 strikeouts, and posted a 1.88 ERA with 19 strikeouts in five August starts after toe surgery.
Shohei Ohtani has become the face of the Los Angeles Dodgers since joining the team last season. But before there was Ohtani, there was National League Most Valuable Player, Clayton Kershaw. The two-way player said he has learned a lot from watching the longtime Dodgers veteran. Ohtani started pitching again this season after a series of surgeries kept him off the mound for all of 2024.
Meanwhile, Kershaw is wrapping up a career that will secure him a spot in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He is a three-time National League Cy Young Award winner, and the southpaw recently joined the exclusive 3,000 strikeouts club this season. Although the 37-year-old is not leading the NL in strikeouts or logging an ERA below 2.00 like he has in previous seasons, Kershaw certainly has valuable advice for the Dodgers' younger pitchers like Ohtani.
Since he has started pitching for Los Angeles, Ohtani has accrued a 4.18 ERA and 44 strikeouts in 11 starts. He also threw a season-best nine strikeouts in the series finale against the Cincinnati Reds. Ohtani's nine strikeouts contributed to the 19 total strikeouts the Dodgers recorded, which was their most in a nine-inning game in at least the last 125 seasons.
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