""I could walk around downtown and people wouldn't notice you if they weren't looking for you," Klein said in an exclusive interview on " Dodgers Dugout Live," reflecting on the months since his unexpected ascent from minor leaguer to postseason sensation."
""I still feel like the same guy I was before," he said, though he admitted perks such as increased brand partnerships have started coming his way. "That's been an added bonus. But I just try to take it like nothing's changed.""
""I just sat there, my wife and I were like, 'what do we do? We don't know where we're going to go,'" he said. "We didn't know if we were going to be claimed, traded, whatever.""
""Being in Tacoma, not really knowing what's going on, and then getting traded, going to L.A., meeting [Dave] Roberts, the entire staff, and getting to share a locker room with Shohei Ohtani ... I don't think you could have done much more of a 180 in baseball," he said."
Will Klein rose from a Triple-A player facing designation for assignment to a postseason sensation and World Series breakout at age 26. Social media attention and follower growth accelerated as clips of his postseason performances went viral. Public recognition and brand partnership opportunities increased, but Klein maintained a grounded attitude and reports little change in daily life around Los Angeles. He and his wife experienced sudden uncertainty after being designated for assignment while in Tacoma, only to have the Dodgers trade for him the same day, providing quick reversal and renewed sense of being wanted within a championship clubhouse.
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