If Team USA and Japan ultimately meet in the upcoming World Baseball Classic, it won't be until the end, in either the semifinals or the championship game during the second half of March. In that scenario, Mike Trout would face off against his Los Angeles Angels teammate, two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani, pinning the sport's two transcendent stars against one another on a global stage.
With such an alluring possibility hanging overhead, Trout, Team USA's captain, was asked if he'd sit in on the pitchers' meeting and the hitters' meeting to offer up advice against Ohtani.