Will Ireton

And so that means that Dave Roberts has to work with in, you know, imperfect amount of information.

And then there's the fact that, like, well, there's a language barrier, and any information that gets to Dave Roberts is going from Ohtani to Will Ireton to Mark Pryor or, uh, other pitching coach Connor McGinnis, to the front office or to Dave Rob- Like, there is a game of telephone here for any bit of information.

Yes, uh, Roberts I'm sure has and will go up to Ohtani and be like, "How you feeling, brother?" And Ohtani will be like, "I'm good, Dave." And, like, that's not actionable in any way.

And so Dave Roberts, it is both, uh, very enjoyable and funny to hop on these podcast mics and be like, "Lol, look what Dave said.

And I think his body right now is telling him if not, not never, but just not right now in terms of when he can actually come back and pitch.

You saw the tone of resignation in his voice through interpreter Will Ireton the other day.

It just looks to me like it's just not going to happen.

It's not just the bicep, it's the knee.

i did not what do we got

He said that, well, there's various translations out there, but this was from, I believe, from Will Ireton via Sportsnet LA.

Most likely, no, I'm going to focus on hitting moving forward.

That is from Shohei.

So it's the last thing.

And I said, people, especially our...

Japanese Dodgers fans are not always thrilled with Will's, Will Ireton's translation of Shohei.

And I fully understand that.

I was

waiting for Will Ireton to pick up a bat.

Yeah,

exactly.