Los Angeles Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman shut down the possibility of Shohei Ohtani pitching for the club during the postseason on Thursday, telling the Orange County Register's Bill Plunkett that Ohtani is "not really an option.

For one, he was interested in returning to the Tigers if they were willing to give him the money he was looking for in the offseason. On the other hand, it was a dangerous game th

The lefty reliever fractured a bone in his pitching hand in a moment of frustration on Sept. 9. But he has been throwing and could return in time for the postseason.