Meng Weiqiang may patrol left field at some point for China during the 2017 World Baseball Classic. He's also going to pitch and might even strap on a catcher's mask. There's a chance he'll do at least two of those things, maybe even all three, during the same game.
China manager John McLaren didn't call him the "Chinese Otani" for nothing.
"I feel happy hearing that," Meng told The Japan Times, through a translator, about the reference to Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters two-way star Shohei Otani. "But I don't really put much thought into it (pitching and hitting). I'll do my best no matter where the manager tells me to go."