Los Angeles Dodgers GM Brandon Gomes recently spoke to MLB Network about the pitching status of Shohei Ohtani and when fans can expect to see him on the mound this summer. Gomes gave an update on the process that the Dodgers are undergoing with Ohtani to get him back on the mound.

Ohtani is the second Japanese-born player to hit a home run in an MLB game played in Japan, joining Hideki Matsui. Matsui hit a two-run home run for the New York Yankees against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at the Tokyo Dome on March 31, 2004.

TOKYO – Shohei Ohtani met the moment in his return to the Tokyo Dome, because of course he did. In Saturday’s exhibition against the Yomiuri Giants, Ohtani – ever the showman – was quick to slug a home run while wearing a major league uniform in his home country for the first time for the Los Angeles Dodgers.