LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani’s list of nagging injuries has kept him out of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup for consecutive days, marking the first time all season the four-time MVP has missed more than just a game for the reigning back-to-back World Series champions.Dodgers manager Dave Roberts softened the organization’s stance on Ohtani’s health, saying he was “hopeful – I wouldn’t say confident, (but) hopeful” that the two-way star would avoid going on the injured list so his body can recover.“If we’re taking the time, we’ve got to make sure that once he plays again we feel good,” Roberts said.The list of maladies bothering Ohtani is lengthy, and grew this week. His left knee has bothered him since June and required a “lubricant” injection in July. His right biceps has sporadically caused him discomfort throughout the year and at one point required imaging (which came back clean, Roberts said). That pain in his right arm shot up around his neck area on Wednesday night, manager Dave Roberts said. Then there’s some tightness in his left hip to boot.So the Dodgers have taken Ohtani out of the picture entirely, for at least two days.“At the end of the day, he wants to be in there, but I’m not going to just put him in there because of the name on the back of his jersey,” Roberts said Thursday.Ohtani has not spoken to reporters since Aug. 17. He hasn’t talked about his health or workload despite repeated requests, and rushed out of the clubhouse Thursday night following the Dodgers’ 3-2 walk-off win over the St. Louis Cardinals without him in the lineup. Ohtani declined another request for comment on Friday through a Dodgers public relations official.He did not perform any physical activity on Thursday, Roberts said. Ohtani’s physical issues have already kept him off the mound since July 3, and an attempt to ramp him up late last month was aborted when he said he didn’t feel 100 percent after his last bullpen session seven days ago. Ohtani’s last two days off have essentially shut down his pitching progression. He is no longer throwing plyometric balls, as the organization said he was, even after scratching him from a potential start last Sunday in Detroit.It will not help Ohtani’s timeline to return to a mound this season.Meanwhile, his offense has nosedived. He has six hits in his past 46 at-bats — including going 0-for-4 with four strikeouts on Wednesday — and has hit .203 with a .742 OPS since he started ramping up for bullpen sessions on Aug. 15. Despite being presented with those numbers on Thursday, Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes insisted that Ohtani’s offensive swoon cannot be tied to his health.“We’re not going to put his offensive performance and compromise that,” Gomes said. “But right now, not feeling that that’s necessarily a thing. We just don’t have enough information to feel strongly on that.”As of Thursday afternoon, Gomes said the Dodgers had not even discussed the possibility of placing Ohtani on the injured list to recover. Roberts justified that logic this week, saying a 10-day stint on the IL would not guarantee that Ohtani would get back to 100 percent.The Dodgers have still placed some level of optimism on the idea Ohtani won’t be physically compromised by the time October rolls around.“I’m very confident that we’ll see the guy we all expect to see,” Roberts said.