ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani had elbow surgery Tuesday, and his doctor said he expects the two-way star will be available as a hitter on Opening Day next season and will return to the mound as a pitcher in 2025.
Ohtani tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow Aug. 23, ending his pitching season. He continued as a batter through Sept.
3 until an oblique strain. Los Angeles Dodgers head team physician Dr. Neal ElAttrache operated Tuesday at the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles.
ElAttrache performed Tommy John surgery on Ohtani on Oct. 1, 2018. Neither Ohtani nor the team provided specifics on this surgery. «I had a procedure done on my elbow earlier this morning and everything went very well,» Ohtani said in a post on Instagram. «Thank you very much for everyone's prayers and kind words.