Dave Roberts addresses Shohei Ohtani's Struggles at the Plate

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00:00I watched all 12 minutes of his press conference last night.

00:07Nine of it was spent on these guys constantly asking him about what's wrong with Ohtani.

00:12That's it.

00:13I mean, almost every single question was, why isn't Ohtani hitting with nobody on base?

00:18Remember, he's hitting with guys on base.

00:20He's not hitting with nobody on bases when he's not hitting.

00:24Here's Roberts.

00:25Is there any thoughts about shuffling the lineup for the rest of the series?

00:29No, there isn't.

00:33I just think that, you know, early on, it's just funny how things change where there was

00:40a lot of concern about Shohei not being able to get hits with the runners in scoring position.

00:44And now, we're all trying to find ways that he has to get guys on base so he can hit right.

00:51So I kind of find that comical a little bit.

00:56So I think that, I don't think anyone can predict who's going to get on base in game

01:02three or game four.

01:04Yeah, well, he's not hitting when no one's on base, and that's a fact.

01:09So that's just all there is to it.

01:11He's been, he's been struggling worse than Judge.

01:16Let's face facts.

01:17That's just the reality of it.

01:18And so is Will Smith.

01:20He's not hitting either.

01:21The only guy that started hitting was Betts.

01:25And you know, obviously, they have dangerous hitters.

01:29Freeman can be dangerous.

01:31I think Teoscar Hernandez is dangerous.

01:33And then Muncy can be dangerous.

01:37But you can't tell me that Otani looks good.

01:41And it is a problem if he's not hitting.

01:44If he's an out, every time he goes to the plate, it's a problem.