Shohei Ohtani Is Placed Back Onto The Angels’ Active Roster.

When Angels two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani is placed back onto the Angels active roster this season, it will be as a designated hitter.

One of those small, but significant strides took place on a back field at the Angels spring complex on a chilly Friday morning, when Ohtani played catch for the first time since the surgery.

Ohtani threw 60 times: 20 tosses at 20 feet, 30 working back to 40 feet and 10 during a cooling down period.

If anything, the session probably helped Ohtani more from a mental standpoint.

Ohtani also took 15 swings off a tee, and took another 25 off soft tosses.