Angels’ Shohei Ohtani closes in on a complete ‘spring training’

MONTERREY, Mexico — As Shohei Ohtani has blown past the 40-plate appearance mark that Manager Brad Ausmus first suggested was the goal for his rehab from Tommy John surgery, General Manager Billy Eppler said that was a soft target all along, based on a normal spring training workload.
“Typically we like to get guys around 50, so if you look through what Albert or Mike or a lot of the regulars would get, it’s generally around 50,” Eppler said Sunday morning. “Justin