Baseball fans react to Shohei Ohtani’s injury in the Dodgers’ World Series win

Finally, taking center stage under baseball’s brightest lights, the sport’s biggest and most expensive star suffered a scary injury.

Shohei Ohtani just drew a walk in the bottom of the seventh inning of Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday night, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers a chance to extend their 4-1 lead over New York Yankees. Ohtani, fresh off stealing 59 bases this regular season, made a break for second on an 0-1 count, but the throw from catcher Austin Wells was just in time.

Ohtani slipped slightly late, overshooting the bag while being tagged out. He awkwardly planted his left arm, then lay on the ground in visible pain.

As the Dodgers’ training staff came to attend to the 30-year-old designated hitter, the Japanese broadcast carried audio of Ohtani saying his shoulder dislocated. Manager Dave Roberts told reporters that Ohtani suffered a left shoulder subluxation, which is a partial dislocation.

From Dodgers and Yankees fans to podcasters and reporters, the entire baseball world took to social media to express their shock.

Ohtani was 0-for-3 when he went down, following his 1-for-5 performance on Friday. So far in these playoffs, Ohtani is hitting .260 with three home runs, 10 RBIs and an .863 OPS.

Although the voting results won’t be released for several weeks, Ohtani is heavily favored to win the NL MVP. He hit .310 with 54 home runs, 130 RBI, 59 stolen bases, a 1.036 OPS and a 9.2 WAR in the 2024 regular season.

The Dodgers held on to win 4-2 on Saturday, going up 2-0 as the series heads to the Bronx. It remains to be seen if the $700 million man will be available for Los Angeles.

Game 3 is scheduled to begin at 8:08 PM ET on Monday.

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