Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani won't be pitching for 'some time'

NEW YORK (AP) -- Shohei Ohtani won't make his next scheduled start on the mound because of left knee irritation and isn't expected back in the Los Angeles Dodgers' rotation for a while.

The two-way superstar received a lubricant injection in the knee just before the All-Star break last week and had been expected to pitch Wednesday in Philadelphia against the Phillies.

Ohtani, however, still didn't feel 100 percent while playing catch this weekend, so he and the Dodgers decided not to even test t ...