“We need him to be healthy,” Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy said.

The Dodgers have eight starters on the injured list; Tyler Glasnow, Blake Snell and Rōki Sasaki among them.

Ohtani could be capped at one or two innings Monday, and he'll likely be built up gradually over the course of multiple outings before he's capable of handling a traditional starter's workload.