The Los Angeles Dodgers are the favorites to land Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher Roki Sasaki, who's going to be posted by the Chiba Lotte Marines this offseason. However, Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani does not plan to try and recruit the talented prospect to the Dodgers.

Shohei Ohtani is in the early stages of rehabbing from arthroscopic surgery to repair a labrum tear in his left shoulder following the Los Angeles Dodgers' World Series championship over the New York Yankees last month.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is in the early stages of rehabbing from arthroscopic surgery to repair a labrum tear in his left shoulder following the Los Angeles Dodgers’ World Series championship over the New York Yankees last month.