It will be a while before Shohei Ohtani is pitching in a major league game again. On Thursday, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told Jim Rome that Ohtani's recovery from Tommy John surgery is ongoing. While he gave a lot of positive updates, there was a negative tossed in at the end.

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is "still a couple months away" from returning to the mound, manager Dave Roberts said on Thursday.

The parallels between youth baseball and the big leagues might be more similar than you’d think. More news: Dodgers Make Exciting Announcement About Dodger Stadium Growing up, the best player would often bat leadoff in order to maximize the amount of trips to the plate he/she would have.