Gee, man! That Ji-Man Choi can really play first base for the Rays
The Rays have used a quirky four-man outfield against Cody Bellinger, Max Muncy, Will Smith and Mookie Betts, but the Dodgers are pretty much ignoring it.
“Doing the splits is fun, but it’s very painful at the same time,” Choi, speaking through an interpreter, said before Game 4. “A lot of people think I’m a gymnast instead of a baseball player, but that’s a credit to all the hard work I’ve done throughout the offseason and here during practice.” Choi, 29, is the rare player from South Korea who bypassed the Korean Baseball Organization to sign with the Seattle Mariners at age 19 in 2009. He did not play well enough in six injury-plagued minor league seasons to warrant a big league promotion and was selected by the Angels in the 2015 Rule 5 draft.
Choi hit .170 with five homers and 12 RBIs in 54 games in Anaheim in 2016 but wasn’t about to supplant at first base. He was released and spent 2017 and 2018 playing sparingly for the Yankees, Brewers and Rays, who acquired him in a mid-season trade in 2018.Choi started practicing Pilates and put a greater emphasis on strength, conditioning and flexibility. He had a breakout 2019, hitting .261 with an .822 on-base-plus-slugging percentage, 19 homers and 63 RBIs in 127 games.
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