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LA Dodgers outfielder Jason Hayward (34) is waiting to visit Korea.
Hayward, who joined the Dodgers' spring camp, met with reporters ahead of the spring camp held at Camelback Ranch Glendale in Glendale, Arizona, USA on the 11th (Korean time).
He said, “It’s great to be part of a season with a team that has expectations of winning the World Series,” and shared his thoughts on the atmosphere in the clubhouse, where there were more reporters than usual with the addition of Shohei Ohtani.
In a previous interview, coach Dave Roberts pointed to Hayward as a player who would take questions in place of Ohtani, who does not often talk to the media.
Regarding this, he said, “We are teammates, and this is also part of the season. “It’s nice to have a player who understands and enjoys playing with high expectations in LA and in a big market,” he said, showing that he doesn’t dislike the outpouring of attention.
When a reporter asked, ‘Have you ever been to Japan?’ he answered, “I have never been,” and asked, “Are you sure you are playing in Korea and not Japan?” “For a moment, I thought the place had changed,” he said with a bright smile.
As he said, the Dodgers are scheduled to play the opening two-game series against the San Diego Padres at Gocheok Sky Dome on March 20th and 21st. This is the first game to be held in Korea in Major League history.
He, who revealed that he has never been to Korea, expressed his expectations for the Seoul Series, saying, “This is my first time playing in another country (except Canada).”
He continued, “I’m really looking forward to it. I think it will be a wonderful opportunity. I want to see what it looks like to get out of the rut of life for a while. “I want to enjoy seeing the wonderful places there,” he continued.
In addition, “two good colleagues (Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto), who won the WBC (World Baseball Classic) as Japan’s representative last year, have joined our team. It will be great to see how they fit into the new team. The opposing team, San Diego, has Yu Darvish, who played with him in Chicago. “I think it would be great to show our baseball there,” he said, also talking about the colleagues he will be working with and the old colleagues he will be playing against.
Playing in an unfamiliar country is great, but a flight of over 12 hours will be quite a challenge for them.
When asked how he would spend his long flights, he said, “I will follow what others do. “I will try to rest as much as possible,” he said, adding that he would focus on rest and recovery.
Last season, he joined the Dodgers as a camp invitee and joined the big league roster. He made a comeback by appearing in 124 games, batting average of 0.269, on-base percentage of 0.340, slugging percentage of 0.473, 15 home runs and 40 RBIs. Building on this success, he agreed to a one-year, $9 million big league contract with the Dodgers this season.
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