Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts aids Shohei Ohtani in mastering the quick switch from pitching to leading off, emphasizing timing and mental shifts.

Pitcher Shohei Ohtani will do something for the Dodgers against the Padres that no NL player has done in more than half a century.

Shohei Ohtani was back on the mound Tuesday as he ramps up his return to pitching in an MLB game. By most accounts, he looked pretty good. That includes the opinion of Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, who didn't rule out Ohtani returning to the mound before the All-Star break.

Shohei Ohtani is having a season so strong for the Los Angeles Dodgers that manager Dave Roberts decided to buy Ohtani's daughter a car -- sort of. Roberts says in a video posted to social media by the Dodgers on Wednesday that he and his wife purchased a pink remote-controlled electronic Porsche for Ohtani's daughter,

According to ESPN's Alden Gonzalez, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Ohtani will throw a simulated game in the coming days, and it could "potentially" be his last. Ohtani could also join the pitching rotation "sooner rather than later," possibly within the next week.