Los Angeles Dodgers Announce Major Shohei Ohtani News After Brewers Loss

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MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - OCTOBER 12: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers returns to the dugout after grounding out in the third inning against the Milwaukee Brewers in game two of the National League Championship Series at American Family Field on October 12, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images)

The Los Angeles Dodgers are down 2-0 to the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS.

Milwaukee won 7-4 on Monday evening, and while the series is set to shift back to LA, the Dodgers are being outplayed drastically through the first two games of a potential seven-game series.

It will be very hard for LA to take down Milwaukee if Shohei Ohtani doesn’t get going with the bat, and in the wake of the Game Two loss, manager Dave Roberts has indicated that a major Shohei Ohtani change could be coming.

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Dodgers Considering Benching Shohei Ohtani

In a postgame report from Dave Roberts, the Dodgers are considering benching star slugger Shohei Ohtani.

Ohtani has just 1 HR/RBI since August 19, and has really struggled in these MLB playoffs.

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Rosenthal: Dodgers will discuss benching Shohei Ohtani in Game 3 of NLCS.

Josue De Paula would be top candidate to take his spot in lineup.

10:27 pm · 12 Oct 2026

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Ohtani has dealt with some injuries down the stretch of the 2026 season, which has led to struggles at the plate, but it would no doubt be a major storyline if the Dodgers bench Ohtani in the NLCS.

Speaking about Game Two, Ohtani had a few ugly at-bats, and the speculation is surrounding the Dodgers’ $700 million MVP.

MLBTR.com’s Anthony Franco wrote (about Ohtani’s power outage):

“Ohtani’s power has evaporated over the past couple months. He only had one extra-base hit, a double, in the last five games of the regular season. It has been almost two months since his last home run, when he took Ryan Feltner deep at Coors Field on August 18. Ohtani didn’t homer in his final 18 games of the regular season, only the second time in his MLB career (September 2022 being the other) that he’s gone that long without one.”

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Shohei Ohtani is in by far the worst slump of his career right now

8:53 pm · 12 Oct 2026

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Shohei Ohtani is in a major slump right now.

Manager Dave Roberts noted that a conversation is looming about Ohtani.

Game Three is in LA, set for Wednesday evening.