MLB Announces Shohei Ohtani Update Before Return to Mound originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

Shohei Ohtani is back on the mound, but only for an inning. When he's fully ramped up, this is what the Dodgers' rotation might look like.

The MLB All-Star voting ballots have been revealed and Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers have emerged as the top fan vote-getters in the American League and National League.

An elbow surgery has forced Ohtani to be away from the mound for over a year, but he finally got the green light to pitch in an MLB game again, as he started for Los Angeles in the series opener versus the visiting San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium.

Even as Dodgers manager Dave Roberts teased the idea of Shohei Ohtani “potentially” returning to the mound in the near future, the banged-up Los Angeles pitching staff suffered another blow. Ohtani has been throwing simulated games and has managed to throw up to 44 pitches,

After enduring a 10-game stretch without a home run dating back to June 2, Shohei Ohtani ended the long ball drought in a big way, belting two round-trippers in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 11-5 win over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night. But getting back into the home run column is far from the only thing Ohtani achieved in Los Angeles's win.

Shohei Ohtani hit two homers and Clayton Kershaw pitched seven scoreless innings of three-hit ball in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 11-5 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night.