Former Texas Rangers Pitcher Yu Darvish & Former Los Angeles Angeles Star Shohei Ohtani
There was a lot of hype surrounding Shohei Ohtani ahead of his transition to Major League Baseball. Two-way players in this league are rare and fans were excited to see how he would handle that.
The last two-way player to pitch at least 100 innings and have 200 plate appearances was Babe Ruth. However, there have been others like Michael Lorenzen and Brenden McKay in the past, but they saw limited action.
Yu Darvish, somebody who had experience in the league and trained with Ohtani. He was a little skeptical that Ohtani would find the success that many people were expecting.
"If he wants to go to the Major League, he will defintiely have a hard time. He can't go to Major League Baseball [as a] two-way. If he thinks about himself, he [has] to focus on one or the other," said Darvish.
