Despite not lasting even three innings on Sunday, Shohei Ohtani was both delighted and surprised by his first pitching assignment in nearly three months."I was more nervous than I thought I would be," said Ohtani, who has been used exclusively by the Los Angeles Angels as a hitter since he strained ligaments in his right elbow on June 6."That goes for my degree of readiness, too. I was not at any kind of a high level."Since he suffered a Grade 2 strain of the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow, Ohtani had undergone stem-cell therapy and platelet-rich plasma injections.Ohtani wa…READ FULL ARTICLE