Shohei Ohtani-mania ebbs and flows in Japan, and the next peak is building slowly with the Dodgers in the NLCS vs. the Mets.

That can mean a host of things: fashioning a new pitch, steadying mechanics, out-scheming the opposition, solving for what the opponent is trying to do before they do it, and so on. It ought to go without writing that every player and every team has to make some kind of adjustments throughout the season.