Shohei Ohtani stepped into the batter’s box against his former team on Friday night for the first time this spring. His first Cactus League at-bat of 2025, had more anticipation than the opening weekend of a Marvel movie,

All it took was one swing for Shohei Ohtani to quell any early concerns about his surgically repaired left shoulder. Making his highly anticipated Cactus League debut on Friday against his former team in an eventual 6-5 Dodgers win,

Ohtani hits a home run in his first at-bat of spring training and says he felt “no discomfort” in his surgically-repaired left shoulder during any of his swings on Friday night.