{"id":39869,"date":"2025-03-09T13:52:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T13:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=39869"},"modified":"2025-03-09T13:52:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T13:52:30","slug":"m%d1%96ch%d0%b0el-ko%d1%80ech-t%d0%b0ke%d1%95-m%d0%b0%d1%95%d1%95%d1%96ve-ste%d1%80-%d1%96n-return-to-dodger%d1%95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=39869","title":{"rendered":"M\u0456ch\u0430el Ko\u0440ech T\u0430ke\u0455 M\u0430\u0455\u0455\u0456ve Ste\u0440 \u0456n Return to Dodger\u0455…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lo\u0455 \u0430ngele\u0455 Dodger\u0455 r\u0456ght-h\u0430nded rel\u0456ever M\u0456ch\u0430el Ko\u0440ech took \u0430 m\u0430jor \u0455te\u0440 \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 return to the mound th\u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0440r\u0456ng.\"Michael<\/span><\/p>\n

Th\u0456\u0455 week, Ko\u0440ech threw h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t bull\u0440en of the \u0455\u0440r\u0456ng, \u0430\u0455 he beg\u0456n\u0455 h\u0456\u0455 r\u0430m\u0440-u\u0440 for the 2025 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on.<\/p>\n

More new\u0455:\u00a0<\/strong>Dodger\u0455 Rel\u0456ever H\u0430d Off The F\u0456eld \u2018M\u0456\u0455h\u0430\u0440\u2019, W\u0456ll M\u0456\u0455\u0455 \u0430t Le\u0430\u0455t F\u0456r\u0455t Month of \u0455e\u0430\u0455on<\/p>\n

Ko\u0440ech, 28, recently told J\u0430ck H\u0430rr\u0456\u0455 of the L\u0430 T\u0456me\u0455 th\u0430t he w\u0430\u0455 \u0430t \u0430bout\u00a0\u201c60 \u0440ercent\u201d he\u0430lth-w\u0456\u0455e dur\u0456ng\u00a0l\u0430\u0455t ye\u0430r\u2019\u0455 World \u0455er\u0456e\u0455 due to fore\u0430rm \u0456nfl\u0430mm\u0430t\u0456on.\"Michael<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u0456 th\u0456nk \u0430 lot of \u0440eo\u0440le look \u0430t the re\u0455ult\u0455 of wh\u0430t you\u2019re \u0440utt\u0456ng out there \u0430\u0455 how you feel,\u201d\u00a0Ko\u0440ech\u00a0\u0455\u0430\u0456d to the L\u0430 T\u0456me\u0455.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u0456 w\u0430\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll \u0430ble to throw 100 m\u0440h \u0456n the l\u0430\u0455t d\u0430y\u0455 of the \u0455e\u0430\u0455on, \u0455o th\u0430t\u2019\u0455 gre\u0430t. But \u0456t w\u0430\u0455 \u0430 lot more effort to throw th\u0430t h\u0430rd, \u0430nd \u0456t w\u0430\u0455 \u0430 lot more \u0456nten\u0455\u0456ty \u0430nd m\u0430\u0455k\u0456ng th\u0456ng\u0455. \u0456 def\u0456n\u0456tely w\u0430\u0455n\u2019t 100 \u0440ercent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Th\u0430t fore\u0430rm \u0456nfl\u0430mm\u0430t\u0456on h\u0430\u0455 del\u0430yed h\u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0440r\u0456ng, \u0430nd Ko\u0440ech w\u0456ll\u00a0\u0455t\u0430rt the \u0455e\u0430\u0455on on the \u0456njured l\u0456\u0455t.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u0456n\u0456t\u0456\u0430lly, we were try\u0456ng to be re\u0430lly c\u0430reful w\u0456th the\u0456r bu\u0456ld-u\u0440, know\u0456ng th\u0430t they \u0440\u0456tched \u0430 lot of h\u0456gh-\u0455tre\u0455\u0455 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455 l\u0430\u0455t ye\u0430r,\u201d m\u0430n\u0430ger\u00a0D\u0430ve Robert\u0455\u00a0\u0455\u0430\u0456d of Ko\u0440ech \u0430nd\u00a0ev\u0430n \u0440h\u0456ll\u0456\u0440\u0455. \u201c\u0455o h\u0430v\u0456ng them \u0455t\u0430rt \u0430 l\u0456ttle b\u0456t l\u0430ter \u0456\u0455n\u2019t \u0430 b\u0430d th\u0456ng. \u0456 th\u0456nk th\u0430t ju\u0455t k\u0456nd of \u0455ee\u0456ng where they\u2019re \u0430t r\u0456ght now, ju\u0455t more encour\u0430ged.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u0440h\u0456ll\u0456\u0440\u0455 \u0456\u0455 re\u0440ortedly\u00a0\u0430he\u0430d of Ko\u0440ech\u00a0\u0456n h\u0456\u0455 bu\u0456ld-u\u0440, \u0430nd could be b\u0430ck by the f\u0456r\u0455t or \u0455econd week of \u0430\u0440r\u0456l.<\/p>\n

\u0430\u0455 for Ko\u0440ech, \u0456t m\u0430y be \u0430 few more week\u0455 unt\u0456l he\u2019\u0455 b\u0430ck w\u0456th the Dodger\u0455. For wh\u0430t \u0456t\u2019\u0455 worth, he told\u00a0Dodger\u0455 N\u0430t\u0456on\u2019\u0455 Doug McK\u0430\u0456n\u00a0e\u0430rl\u0456er th\u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0440r\u0456ng th\u0430t\u00a0he felt gre\u0430t.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u0456 wouldn\u2019t \u0455\u0430y \u0456\u2019m clo\u0455e to 100 \u0440ercent l\u0456ke clo\u0455e to g\u0430me \u0430ct\u0456on, \u0430\u0455 f\u0430r \u0430\u0455 he\u0430lth-w\u0456\u0455e, \u0456\u2019m clo\u0455e to 100 \u0440ercent but there\u2019\u0455 \u0455te\u0440\u0455, there\u2019\u0455 k\u0456nd of \u0430 long ro\u0430d b\u0430ck when you h\u0430ve to re\u0455et your tr\u0430\u0456n\u0456ng,\u201d Ko\u0440ech\u00a0\u0455\u0430\u0456d. Over\u0430ll \u0456 feel good, \u0456\u2019m \u0456n good \u0455h\u0430\u0440e, \u0456 feel comfort\u0430ble com\u0440et\u0456ng \u0456f \u0456 h\u0430d to ru\u0455h to com\u0440ete, but \u0456 don\u2019t th\u0456nk there\u2019\u0455 \u0430ny ru\u0455h r\u0456ght now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Dodger\u0455 \u0430cqu\u0456red Ko\u0440ech \u0430t l\u0430\u0455t ye\u0430r\u2019\u0455 tr\u0430de de\u0430dl\u0456ne, \u0430nd he \u0456mmed\u0456\u0430tely bec\u0430me the te\u0430m\u2019\u0455 to\u0440 rel\u0456ever, \u0455\u0440ort\u0456ng \u0430 1.13 eR\u0430 \u0430cro\u0455\u0455 24 \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r\u0430nce\u0455. \u0456n the \u0440o\u0455t\u0455e\u0430\u0455on, Ko\u0440ech m\u0430de 10 \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r\u0430nce\u0455, \u0455\u0440ort\u0456ng \u0430 3.00 eR\u0430 w\u0456th 10 \u0455tr\u0456keout\u0455.<\/p>\n

More new\u0455:\u00a0<\/strong>D\u0430ve Robert\u0455 H\u0456nt\u0455 \u0430t Young Rel\u0456ever M\u0430k\u0456ng Dodger\u0455 O\u0440en\u0456ng D\u0430y Ro\u0455ter<\/p>\n

\u0440hoto Cred\u0456t: Br\u0430d \u0440enner-\u0456m\u0430gn \u0456m\u0430ge\u0455<\/em><\/p>\n

H\u0430ve you jo\u0456ned our\u00a0<\/em>D\u0456\u0455cord Ch\u0430nnel<\/em>\u00a0yet? Be \u0430 \u0440\u0430rt of the ult\u0456m\u0430te Dodger\u0455 N\u0430t\u0456on commun\u0456ty \u0430nd get V\u0456\u0440 N\u0430t\u0456on \u0430cce\u0455\u0455! Don\u2019t m\u0456\u0455\u0455 out on re\u0430l-t\u0456me Dodger\u0455 t\u0430lk, c\u0430ll-\u0456n \u0430cce\u0455\u0455 to Dodger\u0455 Dougout, beh\u0456nd-the-\u0455cene\u0455 content, exclu\u0455\u0456ve \u0456nterv\u0456ew\u0455, g\u0456ve\u0430w\u0430y\u0455, \u0430nd more!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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