Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout recently arrived in Tempe, Arizona to prepare for the upcoming season. The duo is preparing for the World Baseball Classic, which begins on March 8. Trout will represent Team USA, while Ohtani will represent Samurai Japan.
The Los Angeles Angels hope to see more success than they have had recently. Fans want to see these two together in the playoffs. Trout has only been to the postseason once in his career, while Ohtani has yet to appear in the postseason.
Considering they’re two of the best players in the game, it’s a bit disappointing for the league that they’ve consistently missed the postseason. Fans want to see the best players when October baseball rolls around.
“Baseball Is Back!” exclaimed one fan.
“The world is healed,” another fan tweeted.
With the arrival of two of baseball’s greatest players for spring training, we’re getting very close to the start of the new season. We’re just around the corner from having meaningful baseball games every day for about six months.
This may be the best time for baseball fans. They will have spring training games to watch, college baseball games to watch, and the World Baseball Classic. It’s practically heaven for baseball fans.
The baseball universe awaits a showdown between Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani in the World Baseball Classic
How awesome would it be to see Mike Trout in the batter’s box against Shohei Ohtani on the mound? Well that could potentially happen.
Now it won’t be easy as both Team USA and Japan Samurai will have to break out of their brackets to reach the final. If they can do that, we could see a Trout vs. Ohtani matchup.
But that’s much easier said than done. The talent pool spread across the WBC is insane. There are a number of teams that have the talent to make deep runs in the tournament.
The Dominican Republic team has a star-studded lineup, including Rafael Devers, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Juan Soto. They will surely be one of the teams to watch out for.
Baseball purists, however, expect Team USA and Samurai Japan to make it through the tournament. Nothing would be more special than seeing Mike Trout take on Shohei Ohtani. Every baseball fan in the world would tune in to that.