{"id":68741,"date":"2024-03-20T16:23:58","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T20:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=68741"},"modified":"2024-03-20T16:23:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T20:23:58","slug":"mlb-seoul-series-dodgers-new-players-standout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/03\/20\/mlb-seoul-series-dodgers-new-players-standout\/","title":{"rendered":"New Dodger Stars Shine in Their MLB Seoul Series Debuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While Opening Day is still a week away for most teams, the Los Angeles Dodgers got their season started early in Seoul, South Korea, with a 5-2 win over the San Diego Padres during the first game of the MLB Seoul Series. After a stunning off-season, the Dodgers look to capitalize on their expected success during this season. In Seoul, pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/glasnty01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-20_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Glasnow<\/a>, superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/ohtansh01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-20_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shohei Ohtani<\/a>, and outfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hernate01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-20_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a> made their mark on the club, helping their team win.<\/p>\n<h2>The New Faces of the Dodgers Come Together<\/h2>\n<h3>Tyler Glasnow<\/h3>\n<p>When the Tanoa Rays traded Tyler Glasnow to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/12\/14\/dodgers-stars-trade-ace\/\" target=\"_self\">Dodgers<\/a>, the main concern was not his pitching. If he can stay healthy, he can be one of the best pitchers in MLB. Sparks of this have been apparent throughout Spring Training and in the first game in Seoul. In three Spring Training starts, Glasnow allowed one run over ten innings pitched and struck out 14.<\/p>\n<p>In his MLB Seoul Series start, Glasnow went five innings, gave up two runs, and struck out three. He was very efficient, using only 77 pitches before getting pulled.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tyler Glasnow Filth. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o3G82m1LqS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/o3G82m1LqS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PitchingNinja\/status\/1770412979105788280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Last year was not the best showing for Glasnow. However, it was the first season back from Tommy John surgery in 2021. With the pair of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=yamamo004yos&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-20_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a> and Glasnow at the top of the rotation, the Dodgers remain hopeful that he can stay healthy to pitch the entire season. Another hope, of course, is that he is a factor for their inevitable postseason run.<\/p>\n<h3>Shohei Ohtani<\/h3>\n<p>So far this spring, Shohei Ohtani is living up to the expectations only Ohtani can set. In an eight-game spread, the superstar batted .500 and hit two home runs. In Seoul, he received the loudest cheers during introductions, which is not surprising in the least bit. While Ohtani was not too flashy in the first game, he did cap off a four-run inning with a single to left field to score a run.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Shohei Ohtani\u2019s first game as a Dodger:<br \/>\n2 hits<br \/>\n1 RBI<br \/>\n1 stolen base<br \/>\nDodgers win <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nGulwTDmit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/nGulwTDmit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1770440523267903555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ohtani will join an already-stacked Dodgers roster and get even more opportunities to shine. While he will never shake the superstar status he received in Anaheim, he no longer must be the only star carrying the team. This might lead to even more success overall.<\/p>\n<h3>Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez<\/h3>\n<p>In January, Hern\u00e1ndez <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/01\/07\/teoscar-hernandez-dodgers\/\" target=\"_self\">signed with the Dodgers<\/a> on a one-year contract to be the new right fielder after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bettsmo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-20_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mookie Betts<\/a> shifted to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/03\/08\/dodgers-mookie-betts-shortstop\/\" target=\"_self\">shortstop<\/a>. While he signed as a complement to the monstrous lineup, Hernandez has been doing a lot of the heavy lifting in Spring Training, which continued to the MLB Seoul Series. Hernandez provided a spark in the 8th-inning comeback for the Dodgers, lining a single up the middle.<\/p>\n<p>In 11 spring training games, Hern\u00e1ndez hit .414 at the plate. The Dominican native will look to continue that success in the regular season. He was a reliable home run hitter throughout his years in Toronto and Seattle and will have more chances to continue this with Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: \u00a9 Kim Hong-Ji\/Reuters via USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Opening Day is still a week away for most teams, the Los Angeles Dodgers got their season started early in Seoul, South Korea, with a 5-2 win over the San Diego Padres during the first game of the MLB Seoul Series. After a stunning off-season, the Dodgers look to capitalize on their expected success [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5082,"featured_media":68748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,33,1071],"tags":[250,93,2178,1198,1245],"class_list":["post-68741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-dodgers","category-mlb","tag-mookie-betts","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-shohei-ohtani","tag-teoscar-hernandez","tag-tyler-glasnow"],"modified_by":"Matt Graves","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5082"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}