The men with a combined ransom of nearly $1.1 billion (approximately KRW 1.46 trillion) shared a warm embrace.

Shohei Ohtani (30-LA Dodgers), a Japanese two-hitter and “baseball genius” who plays in Major League Baseball (MLB), went 0-for-3 at the plate against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 2024 MLB exhibition game at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, on Saturday. 바카라사이트 He didn’t hit, but he felt comfortable.

For Ohtani, who has already warmed up in several exhibition games, this was more than just an exhibition game; it was his first reunion with his “home team” and teammates since joining the Los Angeles Dodgers last year.

On this day in particular,

Ohtani was reunited with Angels star Mike Trout (33-USA) and felt the warmth of each other as they joked around. Ohtani, who wore a blue jersey, hugged Trout, who wore a red jersey. Ohtani, who came up through the ranks of Japanese professional baseball before the 2018 season, spent six seasons with Trout in a “slugger” lineup through the 2023 season.

“I congratulated him on everything that happened over the winter, the contract and the marriage and all that stuff,” Trout told MLB.com, “We were friends, he was a great teammate. We were friends, he was a great coworker, we’re just wearing different uniforms now.” “There was nothing unfamiliar or uncomfortable,” Ohtani said, but admitted, “I think it would have been a little different if I was playing at home for the Angels.”

The hug between the two players,

who are worth a combined $1.1 billion, was the talk of the MLB. Ohtani left the Angels last December to sign a 10-year, $700 million contract with the Dodgers, the largest in world sports history. The previous largest contract in MLB history was a 12-year, $426.5 million deal signed by Trout in March 2019.

Ohtani’s “official MLB Dodgers debut” will be the opening two games of the MLB Seoul Series against the San Diego Padres at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on April 20 and 21. Ohtani, who underwent right elbow ligament reconstruction surgery last year, said, 토토사이트 순위 “I’m done with rehabilitation on the hitting side,” and is eager to get back to the field, saying, “I just need to get more at-bats and refine my batting feel.”