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Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani batting 7th in a recent game became a hot topic on 5ch’s “Anything Live Broadcast G” board. With his batting numbers stalling late in the season, many posters floated giving bench player DePaula more playing time, or pointed out where Ohtani now sits in the team’s pecking order. Others pushed back, arguing expectations for Ohtani are simply set too high — so even average numbers get him criticized — while some praised the positive ripple effect on the pitching staff. Opinion in the thread stayed split throughout.
What people said
2. Freeman
3. Smith
https://sports.yahoo.co.jp/column/detail/2026100600001-spnavi
> A 37-year-old's hidden potential, unlocked by Ohtani. That's really not an exaggeration.
But hey, Ohtani's the one who unlocked Sale's potential, so…
The 100 mph that Ohtani unlocked 👈
I mean, 92 plate appearances with zero home runs and one RBI? Of course he's getting ripped for that.
Yeah, everyone's cooled off since the "jinx" (sarcastic nickname implying Ohtani brings bad luck) came back — same goes for Tucker.
If he goes hitless batting 7th and the team loses too, he's getting benched next game.
Otherwise Roberts might end up getting fired.
https://full-count.jp/2026/10/01/post2024501/
"Compare him to Ohtani? Lol"… MVP favorite PCA "falls off a cliff" — .125 OPS draws laughter, "what a scam"
https://full-count.jp/2026/10/02/post2024937/
But hey, since Ohtani's rivals are flopping too, no real harm done.
This article acts like every single comment in it is gospel.
if the team wins the World Series with Ohtani contributing basically nothing, that's going to feel pretty anticlimactic lol
If the whole theory is putting a power hitter at number 7, then putting Ohtani there kind of defeats the point, no?
For the sake of the rest of the team,
might as well just cut him.
Friedman has a say in lineup decisions, after all.
They actually listen to the local fans over there, so he'll be gone before long.
Ever since Ohtani came back, Edman, Tucker, and Betts — who'd all been red hot before that — fell into slumps.
The lineup chemistry that had been clicking got severed too…
Man, his mental game is really weak.
Old man Matsui didn't strike out this easily, so honestly this is worse.
He can, it's just that he's too valuable on the mound for it to make sense. He can start playing defense once his arm's blown out.
With that heavier build of his, first base is about all he could handle.
If he tried playing outfield, his knees would definitely blow out and that'd be the end of him lol
It's because a lot of clueless people think Ohtani's Superman. Plenty of batters are hitting worse than him, but expectations for Ohtani are set so absurdly high that even average numbers get him dragged.
Wait, is DePaula even on the active roster?
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
While Shohei Ohtani continues to take the mound as a pitcher, his batting has stalled late in the season, and he appears to have been slotted into the 7th spot based on the batting-order theory of placing power hitters lower in the lineup. The thread’s disagreement centered on whether his slump reflects a genuine decline in ability, or whether expectations for him were simply set unrealistically high from the start, making even ordinary numbers an easy target for criticism. It’s worth noting that topics raised in the thread — such as pitcher Chris Sale’s strong outing or the struggles of other MVP candidates — are separate news stories from Ohtani’s own batting slump, even though they came up together in the discussion. Also, speculation about contract terminations tied to a team sale is an unconfirmed rumor and is not covered in this article.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Anything Live Broadcast G) thread “[Sad News] Ohtani Dropped to 7th in the Batting Order.”
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