Shohei Ohtani says he’s getting ready to pitch in Toronto as the World Series shifts to Canada, writes Andy McCullough at The Athletic. What could that look like?

McCullough argues that it should be as a starter for Game 7 thanks to the eponymous Ohtani Rule, which was updated in 2022. It states that a starting pitcher can stay in the game as a designated hitter after he stops his pitching duties, but once a reliever leaves the game, they leave for good—meaning the team would lose both their designated hitter and reliever upon exiting.

The most likely options for another Ohtani appearance, then, are as either a starter or a closer. He’s familiar with both roles after closing out the championship game of the 2023 World Baseball Classic, but as McCullough points out, that required him to w

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