Shohei Ohtani dodged questions about whether he had a second Tommy John surgery as he was introduced as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday.

"At the time of the announcement, we didn't know which way we were going to go. That's why I never said what type of procedure was going to be done," Ohtani said through a translator.

Ohtani hadn't spoken to the media since Aug. 9, two weeks before a pitching injury that required surgery with Dr. Neal ElAttrache on Sept. 19 and will keep him off the mound until 2025. 

"I'm not obviously an expert in the medical field, but it was a procedure," Ohtani said. "I'm not sure what it's called. I know it was completely different from my first time, so I don't know what you want to call it. You could probably talk to my doctor about that."

Ohtani added that he "can't wait to join the team and get it going."