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What is the Shohei Ohtani rule? Explaining MLB changes that allowed pitchers to hit

Baseball has never seen a player quite like Shohei Ohtani . Not in the modern era of the game, at the very least.

Injuries have held him back in some seasons, but when he's been healthy, Ohtani's simultaneously been one of the most feared sluggers in the league, and a flame-throwing pitcher who can shut down an entire lineup. When he came to MLB in 2018, there were doubts about whether he could dominate as a two-way star. But he's proved all doubters wrong.

Ohtani's presence as a budding superstar, arguably the most talented player MLB has ever had, required the league to accommodate more for two-way talents. In fact, there's a newer rule regarding two-way players' utilization t

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