Shohei Ohtani scratched from Friday start, will miss All-Star Game with knee pain
Shohei Ohtani will miss his Friday start with the Dodgers and won’t be in Philadelphia for the All-Star Game as he gets treatment on his sore left knee. Zoe Davis / Getty Images
LOS ANGELES — As he deals with continued irritation in his left knee, Shohei Ohtani has been scratched from his Friday’s start for the Dodgers against the Arizona Diamondbacks and will not play in this year’s All-Star Game in Philadelphia, the Dodgers announced.
Ohtani will serve as L.A.’s designated hitter throughout the weekend, but will now spend the All-Star break undergoing “interventions on his knee to put him in the best position for the second half of the season,” the team said in a statement.
Shohei Ohtani will not make his scheduled start on the mound this evening against the D-backs due to continued irritation in his left knee. He will serve as the designated hitter the rest of the weekend, but following the series against the D-backs he will have some interventions…
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 10, 2026
Friday’s game will be a bullpen game for Los Angeles. Yoshinobu Yamamoto will still start Saturday, with Emmet Sheehan taking the final game of the first half on Sunday.
This story will be updated.
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