Dodgers Forced Into IMPOSSIBLE Decision...

The Los Angeles Dodgers are prepping to make the most difficult decision in franchise history as they are prepping to make a shocking move surrounding Shohei Ohtani. We're going to be breaking down this decision, what it comes down to, and why this may actually be the best possible idea. Folks, we have a lot to break down here today as there is a big conversation ongoing surrounding this entire Dodgers postseason. And as of right now, there are a lot of things that have to be discussed that we're going to be talking about surrounding Shohei Ohtani here in this video. Before we do get into it, if you haven't already, be sure to drop a sub here on the channel. We're getting videos out here for you every single day surrounding this Dodgers team, no matter the situation. And we have a lot that is still on the way. You will not want to miss it. We're going to have it all right here as it drops. But we need to get into it. And looking at this and the way that things have been playing out, you see this right here. from Talking Baseball and Ken Rosenthal the Dodgers will consider benching Shohei Ohtani for game three of the NLCS per Ken Rosenthal now this decision doesn't come easy because if you put benching and Otani in the same sentence normally people would think you are crazy but if we go and look at how not even just this postseason but this second half of the season has gone it has been a lingering issue that we have seen and Dave Roberts even went as far as to say this after yesterday's game he just doesn't feel great and we all know he didn't you know there's no hiding it there's no surprise but right now right now Shohei Ohtani is not at all helping this team and in fact he's hurting when he's up to the plate it's almost as if he is a guaranteed out and I know that's crazy to say about Shohei Otani but it's gotten to that point right now and Dave Roberts continued on this saying he certainly has earned that conversation and deserves it and the idea of being able to stay in the lineup but if you're looking at what's best for the Dodgers they're down 0-2 against the Brewers there's a pretty easy decision to make and I think that it is ultimately at least for one game sitting out Shohei Ohtani now we'll touch on why here in just one sec why they're capable of doing this and would likely very much actually help out the Dodgers significantly it's still a tough decision to make and you know you're looking where the timeline has gone you dropped the fifth down in the NLDS for game three ultimately stayed there benching was discussed now after no help once again on the offense even after moving down in the lineup you need someone in there who can spark the offense and even you know even though if it's not Otani this entire offense really hasn't been as great as it should be but right now you're looking at this last game from Otani just absolutely nothing and you're looking at his entire you know pretty much postseason I guess we could say it's been very very close to this and Dave Roberts has something to think about when it comes to Otani and you know you're looking at him recently you're looking at where we've seen him in form the first three games of the postseason the last three games still was bad in the first three but it's been getting worse and worse and you know you have to assume it's due to injury has not had a home run in a long long time and has just been simply all october really not where we need him to be three for 20 with three singles seven strikeouts three walks a 150 average of 411 ops and i mean it don't really matter who it would be if it wasn't Otani this player would have been out of the lineup ages ago but right now you know it's kind of tough to put this into perspective and same goes for the hits game by game now the production has just been absolutely you know abysmal on the entire team's aspect but there's been one name who's been capable of even trying to boost that and in some lineups before very little of this postseason and that's supposed to be the point we're gonna be touching on him here in just one second but you know moving him down does not restore the production a healthy superstar and the available hitters are different evaluations and you know putting a slump in here or not and you see this here in one of our comments Ohtani isn't the only one that's in a slump everyone expects him to hit a home run every time he gets up and then again I think Ohtani expects to park one every time he's at bat and when someone is in a slump and other players need to step up I can see the disappointment on Ohtani's face he does not have to prove himself to anyone except himself and I mean that's absolutely correct because we know how hurt Ohtani is and he knows that he really can't do anything, and he can only do so much when trying to get other players to step up, but when it comes to replacement, it's Jose De Paula. It has to be. He is the top of the list if it comes to a DH candidate, if Ohtani does sit for Game 3, and, you know, this was reported both by Katie Wu and Ken Rosenthal, basically confirming at this point that this will be the case if it does end up being that Otani does sit for a game, two games, multiple games, depending on, you know, how long this may be or whatever they choose to do but Jose De Paula is your guy you know that's why he's here there was a lot of ideas surrounding would he actually make this roster and i think there was and you know really at the end of the day zero doubt because they knew that this was a possibility surrounding Shohei Ohtani and you know going to kind of look at De Paula as anybody as anybody can you know fill into this roster with him as your DH he's your guy you can play him in the outfield but we saw when they made these roster decisions going back to the NLDS as well he was not going to play the field he was your pinch hitter he was your DH he was whatever you need him to be on the offensive side of things and his name is really kind of now being called to be that role that you know everybody knew he can be but was uncertain whether he would actually get the opportunity or not in the postseason so you know looking at it all and looking how you know these things play out baseball is a crazy game and with Jose de Paula this could be his kind of golden opportunity more so than he already has with this team you see again from talking baseball here de Paula works a walk with Mookie Betts and now come up and the opportunities that he's been in walking plate discipline these opportunities will be able to generate runs whether it's directly based from you de Paula gives this team options to go out and get extra assets go out and get extra runs go get insurance in any possible game but also will help them get the lead and you see the trade-off here fresh opportunity but an inexperienced October hitter and I think that what helps DePaul is he came up towards the end of the season kind of was going in and getting accustomed to this team at this point in the season and I really do think if it comes down to someone like Jose DePaul who has no playoff experience the Dodgers team is the best opportunity for someone like him to step up in because of how they are able to really go ahead and you know kind of build off of their momentum their play all of that together so it's going to be a big decision because obviously you know one productive plate appearance does not settle the choice it doesn't make it really any easier but I think at the end of the day the fact that you're looking at Ohtani as someone who at this point in the offseason or the postseason excuse me I'm considering it that you know he doesn't play another game at this point right now there's been nothing that shows me that he should there's been nothing that makes it easy for me to kind of make the decision of keeping him in the lineup so at least right now I think that even though you're looking at an incredible regular season player he's too hurt to play anymore in the postseason so folks give me your thoughts on this would you make the call should Otani start game three sit him and give DePaulo an opportunity or start him and trust the upside let me know down below that is all I have here in this video if you did enjoy give it a like hit the sub button as well because folks there's a lot to consider here coming up in tomorrow's game and we're gonna have it all here on the channel so be sure to drop a sub but that's all i got in this one if you did enjoy give it a like hit the sub button as well i'm signing out thank you for watching hope you have a great day