Choi Gets Chance To Switch-Hit, Pitch In Charity Game

Major League players may not be able to use their facilities or have any interaction with the coaches and staff of their teams because if the lockout, which is now in the third day, but it doesn’t mean that they can’t get creative in the ways they get their work in.

Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Ji-Man Choi is back in South Korea for the off-season, and took part Saturday in a charity baseball game.  After switch-hitting for a period in 2020, he went back to hitting completely left-handed in games, but broke out the right-handed swing for this event.

Moreover, the 30-year-old got to do something he has never done in the big leagues: show off his skills on the mound.  While Choi may not be the next Brett Phillips, an outing like this could convince Rays manager Kevin Cash to give him an opportunity in a game that is well out of hand.

Thank you to Rays fan Ho-Min Lee for the videos.