They likewise assist players obtain meals, reach the stadium on schedule, and typically give assistance for partners and also safeguarded Pittsburgh apartments for Bae and also Choi this offseason. Lin, who aided toss a baby shower, would stand in the space while Chen got a massage therapy on his begin days because the team's massage therapist didn't speak Chinese. Kamada lived with Fujinami and also the massage therapy specialist he brought with him this spring. During the season, their apartments are within strolling range of each various other. The triad share at the very least one dish everyday and also Kamada, who functions as Fujinami's trainer, also tracks his between-start timetable and additionally trains with Ohtani. He's captured his bullpens at times, as well as served as Ohtani's catcher in the Crowning achievement Derby. He claimed component of his job is aiding Ohtani lessen diversions as well as balance his offseason timetable of advertising and marketing and also endorsements. " I'm with him all offseason as well," Mizuhara stated Red Sox Store. "I'm with him 365 days of the year, which I assume is different than the other interpreters. " Mizuhara and Ohtani even worked out with each other on the work timetable isn't that demanding for various other interpreters, it is still a significant enough commitment that do not have of personal time is the clear number-one downside. " You always need to stick with the players," Park said.   "Currently, with 2 gamers, I need to exist whenever they're going to require me, as well as I don't know when they're mosting likely to need me. " There's likewise the occasional sticky circumstance in between gamers and the group, with interpreters-- that are worked with by the group, yet just work as a result of the player-- usually having to straddle the line. " Often being the intermediary and also being captured in in between) two different viewpoints is challenging," Horie claimed. "That belongs to the work, yet some of the points we experience that I don't know if individuals notice is that you're always in the middle. But it's a wonderful job. You reach really comprehend what specialist baseball players experience and I believe that's a privilege. " Some interpreters enjoy the task so a lot they want to remain forever. Others, like Akasaki as well as Lin, did it for a couple of years as well as transitioned in other places in the game, where there was more of a work-life balance. "