The accusation about Ippei Mizuhara for supposedly having Stolen more than $16 million dollars from Shohei Ohtani and all the controversy that arose after learning of the betting problems in which the friend and former translator of the Japanese star was involved has caused an earthquake in the Major Leagues.
And from the Los Angeles Dodgers they assure that there was some kind of suspicion about Mizuhara. This was revealed by the pitcher of the Los Angeles ninth, Tyler Glasnow, who recently pointed out that inside the team there was speculation that the translator was “doing some shady things”.
In a participation in the podcast The Chris Rose Rotacion, the Dodgers pitcher assured that his teammates Shohei Ohtani At all times they trusted that the Asian star had nothing to do with all this controversy and that he took the whirlwind that formed very calmly.
“We were all like ‘we support you.’ Everyone in the clubhouse knew immediately that he clearly had nothing to do with it. The first thing he did was: ‘Take my phone.’ “We knew from the beginning that Ippei was doing some shady things.”Tyler Glasnow commented.
The Dodgers’ right-handed starter, who joined the team this season and, according to the player himself, motivated by Shohei Ohtani himself, highlighted the calmness with which the Japanese star has handled the alleged theft that his former translator would have committed to pay his debts. bets.
“It didn’t seem like he (Ohtani) was very stressed about it either. I think when you know you haven’t done anything it’s just a matter of time before they realize everything.”continued the pitcher who this season is 3-0 with a 2.25 ERA before Monday’s game.
Tyler Glasnow also pointed out that even the fact that an investigation had been launched into Shohei Ohtani to determine if he was aware of the money movements or if he had anything to do with illegal betting, which was completely ruled out, affected performance. of the Japanese.
“There seems to have been no mental alteration in his game. I’m glad that all this has come to light so that savings can simply concentrate better on things. “I’m sure he’ll be asked about this all season but he’ll handle it very well.”he pointed out.
And Shohei Ohtani’s numbers support Glasnow’s words. The current MVP of the American League is the player who has played the most games in this start of the Major League season, with 18, before this Monday’s game. He is the leader in hits (25) and has an offensive average of .338.
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