Billionaire Baseball Buddies: Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout Share Heartwarming Hug

Men with a total worth of nearly $1.1 billion (about 1.46 trillion won) shared a warm hug.

Shohei Otani (left) meets and embraces Angels Mike Trout at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, USA on the 6th. /MLB Instagram

Shohei Ohtani (30, LA Dodgers), a Japanese pitcher and ‘baseball genius’ who plays in MLB (American Professional Baseball), scored twice against the LA Angels in the 2024 MLB exhibition game held at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, USA on the 6th He started as a designated hitter and went 0-hit in 3 at-bats. Although I couldn’t score a hit, I found stability.

Even for Otani, already warmed up after playing several exhibition games, this game was not just a simple exhibition game. It had a special meaning as it was the first reunion with my ‘home team’ and colleagues that I had a meal with after moving to the LA Dodgers last year.

In particular, on this day, Ohtani again met Angels star Mike Trout (33, USA), exchanged jokes, and felt each other’s warmth. Ohtani, wearing a blue uniform, hugged Trout, who was wearing a red uniform. Otani, who conquered Japan’s professional baseball and joined the MLB before the 2018 season, worked together for six seasons by building a ‘slugger’ line with Trout until the 2023 season.

Shohei Ohtani (left) meets Angels Mike Trout at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, USA on the 6th. /AP Yonhap News

Trout told MLB.com, “I congratulated Ohtani on everything that happened over the winter, the contract, the wedding, etc. We were friends, and Ohtani was a great teammate. “Now I just wear a different uniform,” he said. Ohtani admitted, “There was nothing unfamiliar or uncomfortable at all,” but “I think the story would have been a little different if I had played in the home of the Angels.”

The hug between the $1.1 billion net worth was a hot topic in MLB. Ohtani left the Angels last December and signed a 10-year, $700 million contract with the Dodgers, the largest contract in world sports history. Previously, the largest contract in MLB history was Trout’s 12-year contract worth $426.5 million in March 2019.

Shohei Ohtani (left) talks to Angels Mike Trout at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, USA on the 6th. /AP Yonhap News

Ohtani, who is honing his practicality in exhibition games, is expected to make his official MLB Dodgers debut in the opening two-game series of the MLB Seoul Series against the San Diego Padres, which will be held at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 20th. r 21st of this month. Ohtani, who had right elbow ligament fusion surgery last year, said, “Batting recovery is over,” and expressed his readiness to play, saying, “I need to get in more at-bats and refine my batting tone. “

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