Do Dodgers have a Shohei Ohtani problem? MVP becomes issue, not answer, in NLDS

Then there's reality baseball: Ohtani is a problem, not the solution, as the Dodgers head into Game 3 of the best-of-five NLDS tied with the Atlanta Braves at one game apiece.

In Game 2, which the Dodgers lost 3-2 , Ohtani went 1-for-4 with an opposite-field single. The more alarming news: he had a chase rate of 53%, meaning more than half of the pitches he swung at were outside the strike zone.

Digging a little deeper into his performance in Game 2, Ohtani had 11 swings on 19 pitches, seven whiffs and a called strike and one hard hit, per Yahoo Sports.