Shohei Ohtani's status for World Series Game 3 is revealed as Dodgers give major update on injured shoulder

Los Angeles Dodgers sensation Shohei Ohtani volition beryllium playing successful Game 3 of the World Series aft appearing to wounded his enarthrosis successful Saturday's triumph implicit the New York Yankees.

Manager Dave Roberts confirmed the bully quality for the Dodgers connected Sunday, telling reporters Ohtani is 'in a large spot and volition beryllium playing successful crippled 3 tomorrow.'

Ohtani partially dislocated his shoulder portion being thrown retired arsenic helium tried to bargain 2nd basal successful the seventh inning of Saturday's win.

He clutched his near forearm aft being tagged by shortstop Anthony Volpe for the last retired successful the inning connected a feetfirst slide. He laid adjacent the container for a mates minutes earlier being tended to by trainers and leaving the field.   

After LA improved its bid pb to 2-0, a societal media relationship that offers English-language reporting connected Japanese shot has revealed the Dodgers star's speech with translators and trainers.

'Shoulder,' Ohtani said arsenic helium laid successful the infield, arsenic quoted connected the Yakyu Cosmopolitan X account.

'Really?' the translator asked. 'Which one?'

'Left,' Ohtani said.

When asked if his equipped popped retired of his enarthrosis socket, Ohtani is quoted arsenic saying: 'I deliberation so.'

The Japanese slugger — and presumptive National League MVP — was 0 for 3 with a locomotion successful the game. He is 1 for 8 successful the archetypal 2 games of the Fall Classic and is batting .260 with 3 location runs and 10 RBIs successful his archetypal postseason successful the majors.

'That was tough. You ne'er similar seeing the champion subordinate successful the crippled get injured similar that,' Yankees superstar Aaron Judge said. 'Trying to bargain a basal similar that there, and thing similar that happens. But hopefully it's each bully news. We'll spot what happens.'

Ohtani had been 1 of the fewer players connected the Dodgers roster who got done the play without a large injury. The pitching unit has been beset by injuries, with astir each subordinate of the starting rotation spending clip connected the injured list.

Among the presumption players, Mookie Betts was retired for astir 2 months owed to a breached near hand, and Max Muncy was retired astir fractional the play owed to a close oblique strain. Freddie Freeman is playing successful the postseason with a severely sprained close ankle.