In dealing with this mess, Ohtani Shohai and his agency team had practically been working around the clock lately, all for one purpose: to separate Ohtani Shohai and Mizuhara Ichirō into two distinct individuals in the public eye, and minimize the damage to the player's own reputation.
Ohtani Shohai neither affirmed nor denied Lin Guanglai's words; after a brief silence, he took the initiative to switch the topic elsewhere: "By the way, how's your injury? What did the doctors say?"
"Barring any surprises, same as you—new season I can only hit, can't pitch," Lin Guanglai answered.
Hearing that, Ohtani Shohai laughed. "Then your Yankees better watch out this season. Our Dodgers are dead set on winning the championship!"
