Shohei Ohtani opened 2025 in style on Friday, hitting a home run in his first plate appearance of spring training after missing time following shoulder surgery. Serving as the Los Angeles Dodgers' designated hitter while leading off the bottom of the first inning,

Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani hit a solo home run in his first spring training plate appearance following offseason shoulder surgery.

The Los Angeles Dodgers star hit a full-count, opposite-field home run in his first at-bat in Arizona, overcoming the lefty-lefty disadvantage to take countryman Yusei Kikuchi into the left-field stands. The homer came against his former team, the Los Angeles Angels.