Reporter Han Nam-jik = Brett Phillips (29), a delightful outfielder who introduces himself as 'American Ohtani', will play with Shohei Ohtani (29) for the Los Angeles Angels.
On the 10th (Korean time), the Angels said, 강남레깅스룸 “We signed a contract with Phillips for 1.2 million dollars (about 1.5 billion won) for a year,” and then said on social network service (SNS), “We have two ‘two players with double jobs.” I wrote it in a playful way.
Ohtani caused the 'two-hitting syndrome' in the major leagues of American professional baseball.
In 2021, he played a big role in pitching and unanimously won the American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP), and in 2022, he ranked second in the AL MVP vote following Aaron Judge (New York Yankees).
Ohtani posted a 28-14 record with a 2.96 ERA as a major league individual pitcher, a 0.267 batting average as a hitter, 127 homers, and 342 RBIs. He is a top player both as a pitcher and as a hitter.
Phillips is an 'orthodox outfielder'.
His individual career big league results are mediocre with 355 games, a batting average of 0.188, 28 home runs and 93 RBIs.
He pitched only four games as a pitcher. Phillips, who climbed the mound to save 'pitcher consumption' when defeat was deep, digested 5 innings in 4 games, read more getting 11 hits and allowing 9 runs (average ERA of 16.20).