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Major league superstar Ohtani Shohei will make full use of his two-way talents on Team Japan in next year's World Baseball Classic, as his manager has said he will pick him both as a pitcher and a batter.

The Los Angeles Angel announced his intention to play in the tournament last month, and said he was looking forward to the opportunity to play in front of Japanese fans for the first time in over five years.

Japanese "hagoita" decorative wooden paddles bearing images of seven prominent people this year have been put on display in Tokyo.

A doll wholesaler has been making the battledore paddles every year as a year-end tradition.

Japanese two-way player of the Los Angeles Angels Ohtani Shohei says he will work hard to return to the mound next season.

Ohtani has been diagnosed with a muscle injury near his right elbow after he pitched partway in a game against the Houston Astros on Sunday.

Los Angeles Angels manager Joe Maddon says Japanese two-way player Ohtani Shohei is not going to pitch this year, due to a muscle injury near his right elbow.

Maddon spoke about Ohtani during an online news conference on Tuesday. He said, "In whatever kind of throwing program, it'll be very conservative." He said, "I'm not anticipating him pitching at all this year."

In US Major League Baseball, Japanese two-way player Ohtani Shohei of the Los Angeles Angels has hit his first homerun of the season.

Ohtani batted cleanup as a designated hitter in a game against the Seattle Mariners at the Angels' home stadium in Anaheim, California, on Wednesday.

US Major League Baseball has gotten underway after a delayed start with a number of Japanese players taking part in their debut game on Friday.

Slugger Tsutsugo Yoshitomo of the Tampa Bay Rays belted a two-run homer in the fifth inning in a game against the Toronto Blue Jays.