During a workout at Dodgers spring training recently this spring, Rob Hill was stopped by a bystander confused by a case of mistaken identity. The person had seen Hill, the Dodgers director of minor league pitching, talking with a tall, lanky, athletic Asian player on the backfields at Camelback Ranch. Was that, the bystander asked, two-time MVP Shohei Ohtani? No, Hill politely informed them. The player in question was actually Hyun-Seok Jang.
He noted MLB clubs’ advanced infrastructure for pitching development, from advanced analysis to high-tech training facilities. He said he was eager to face American competition, despite the unglamorous minor-league lifestyle of small towns and long bus trips that come with it. Most of all, he wanted to test himself competitively, unafraid of uprooting his life and moving 6,000 miles away to a country where he speaks little of the English language.
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