Baseball: Shohei Ohtani doesn't need ligament surgery: Angels GM

Los Angeles Angels general manager Billy Eppler said Thursday that Japanese two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani does not need any surgery as he recovers from an elbow injury."No doctor has told me that Shohei needs surgical intervention at this time," Eppler said during a conference call with journalists, ruling out the need for Tommy John surgery that would force him to miss the remainder of the 2018 season and the entire 2019 season.Eppler said Ohtani, who underwent an MRI earlier in the day, has been cleared to resume batting practice immediately. But he also said Ohtani will see doctors in thr…READ FULL ARTICLE