If Ohtani does this, I think Yamamoto Sasaki will automatically participate in the Korean WBC national team

Nov 25, 2025

If Ohtani does this, I think Yamamoto Sasaki will automatically participate in the Korean WBC national team
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If Ohtani does this, Yamamoto and Sasaki will automatically participate...

Japan is a festival, and Korea has created a situation where should we give up the war against Japan.

Shohei Ohtani (LA Dodgers) directly announced his participation in the World Baseball Classic (WBC). On the 25th, Ohtani announced his participation in WBC through his SNS account. Ohtani added "Thank you to all the fans for having another great season. I'll train hard and look forward to seeing you next year"I am happy to represent and play Japan again in Japanese, which is a traditional Korean language, with the words "," he wrote. With photos of me in the national team uniform. It was to announce his participation in the WBC.




Ohtani's participation in the WBC was actually unclear. His team Dodgers could be embarrassed by the too-tight schedule. In fact, manager Dave Roberts recently visited Japan and asked if Ohtani will play in the WBC, "It is up to the players to decide whether to play in the WBC or not. If they want to participate, I'll apply with all my might"I don't want you to participate in it personally."He confessed his intentions. When Ohtani was asked about WBC during the season, he said, "I'm going to think about it after the end of this year."," he declined to comment.

If Ohtani does this, I think Yamamoto Sasaki will automatically participate in the Korean WBC national team
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If this happens, Yamamoto Yoshinobu and Sasaki Roki, who are also members of the same Dodgers and juniors of the Japanese national team, will also be in a situation where they cannot be excluded from playing in the WBC. Ohtani goes out, and their justification for refusing to participate in the competition has disappeared.

If this happens, the Japanese national team can once again try to win the WBC title with 'All-time Power'. Japan had already won the 2023 tournament with Ohtani.




It is a disaster for the Korean national team. South Korea and Japan will meet in the main round at Tokyo Dome in March next year. It's not an easy opponent to beat, but if all major league superstars come out, the power gap will inevitably widen. South Korea had already lost one draw and one loss in the warm-up match against the Japanese national team this month. South Korea was also missing many key players, but Japan was actually a member of the national team's 1.5th-tier team.








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.