Shohei Ohtani making up for struggles at plate after lowering league-leading ERA to 0.82

Shohei Ohtani might be struggling at the plate, but the two-way superstar is certainly making up for it by leading the majors with a 0.82 ERA.

Shohei Ohtani can simply do whatever he wants on the baseball field.

Hit 50 home runs? Sure. Steal 50 bases? You got it. Do them both in the same season? Sounds good.

Lead the majors in earned run average? If you say so.

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Shohei Ohtani pitches for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on May 13, 2026. (Gary A. Vasquez/Imagn Images)

The Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star certainly isn't hitting up to the expectations he has set for himself, owning a lifetime .951 OPS, posting an OPS of over 1.000 in three straight years, and hitting 54 and 55 homers in each of the last two seasons, respectively.

It's so far been a down year at the plate for Ohtani, who's hitting .240 with a .796 OPS. Not including the truncated 2020 season, those would be the lowest marks of his career.

But he is most definitely making up for it on the mound.

After posting seven scoreless innings against the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday, Ohtani is now pitching to an MLB-best 0.82 ERA.

Ohtani has allowed just four earned runs on the season, half of which came earlier this month against a stout Houston Astros offense, in 44.0 innings pitched.

Shohei Ohtani pitches for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on May 13, 2026. (Gary A. Vasquez/Imagn Images)

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"(The) ideal situation is to be great on both sides of the ball," Ohtani said after his gem in