Dave Roberts Reviews Ohtani's Pitching Performance

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00:00Here's Dave Roberts on Otani's performance on the mound last night.

00:04I thought it was great.

00:06Obviously, you know, we gave up a run, but I thought the stuff was really good.

00:12Much better as far as the fastball velocity than I think anyone anticipated.

00:16Hit 100.

00:18You know, I was thinking 95 to 97.

00:21But I think that just a competitor adrenaline came out in him.

00:25And, yeah, they built an inning.

00:28I thought he made some really competitive pitches.

00:31But overall, just a really positive day for us.

00:35And, you know, today, I don't think it affected his offense.

00:39And like I said before the game, tomorrow we'll be telling to see how it feels as far as fatigue.

00:45But I thought overall pretty exciting.

00:49You know, I think he's young enough that when they rebuild these elbows,

00:54they're like, you know, $6 million man.

00:58Steve Austin here because I think pitchers get better after they have their elbows fixed, believe it or not.

01:07And I think he's young enough that he's going to throw gas eventually.

01:12No matter how many innings they give him, how many pitches they give him, he's going to bring it.

01:16And I think he's going to be fine.

01:17And then, at some level, when you get older, it won't – I don't think it'll carry over.

01:25And I don't think he'll be effective when he's old.

01:27I think he'll be a hitter.

01:30You know, I don't think it's that hard to see.

01:33We know what happened.

01:34His elbow fried, he was still a great hitter, right?

01:36And then now he's pitching again.

01:38He's doing both.

01:39At some point, you're going to get to the age where they just aren't going to let you do both.

01:43Same thing with this kid Hunter in the NFL.

01:45I don't believe for one minute he's playing his whole career both ways.

01:48It's just impossible in the National Football League because of the speed of the game and the violence of the game.

01:54I don't believe a guy can do that every day, every week, year in and year out, and make it last.

02:03With time and age, I think it dissipates.

02:06And I think that's what will happen with Otani.

02:08I think he'll pitch for a couple years where he's going to be dominant as a pitcher.

02:13And then eventually, I don't think he'll pitch.

02:15I think he'll just be a hitter.

02:17I don't think he's just going to be Nolan Ryan.

02:20I don't believe that.

02:21I think he's a hitter first, and he's a great pitcher, but he blew his arm out.

02:27So now he's had it rebuilt.

02:28And at some point, age will catch up with his arm.