TOKYO — Matt Chapman may never want to leave the Tokyo Dome.
Recording an out against the A’s third baseman has proven to be impossible over the A’s first two games in Japan. Chapman went 2 for 2 with a walk in Sunday’s night’s 6-6 exhibition draw with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. He reached base in all eight of his plate appearances over the A’s two exhibition games, looking every bit like the darkhorse MVP candidate many have projected him to be as he followed up a 3 for 3 effort from the previous night.
Chapman departed spring training hitting a modest .