He’ll likely go back to accounting on a full time basis because he only made $500 yesterday. Often the rationale is that talking about one abuser means I would need to be upset about many, many teams and players — which I am, and I don’t think it’s terrific logic anyway. There was the 2016 season when he was tabbed Most Valuable Player of the Pacific League in addition to being named the league’s best pitcher and designated hitter – winning the Home Run Derby for good measure. The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, the world’s top league outside of North America, drafted him despite the disclaimer and persuaded him to play domestically with a rare offer: he could remain in the everyday lineup as a hitter on the days he wasn’t scheduled to pitch.
The 2018 Major League Baseball season begins.