Kenta Maeda had finished his answer when he decided to offer one more thought. His interpreter listened, both men laughed, and then the last few words were translated into English.
“You never know when you die too, right?” Maeda said.
There might have been no greater oddity on the 2016 Dodgers than this: On a team that put more players on the disabled list than any in major league history, Maeda was not one of them.
The man with the supposedly shredded arm led the Dodgers in games started and innings pitched last season.