I'm in the middle of my (elbow) rehab progression, so it's not going to look like I'll be participating.
I think in any other normal situation, where he wasn't rehabbing, I think he would love to participate. But then you layer on something that is so unique to anyone, the volume of swings, the intensity of it, it would just be a real disappointment for not only Shohei, the Dodgers, and also the fans, if something were to happen during something like that.
No player moves the needle in baseball more than Shohei, as far as on a global scale. So that responsibility, he feels more weight, is real... The reason he came to the Dodgers was to win a championship, and it's not solely his responsibility to carry Major League Baseball.
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