This is the current state of the "Major League Star Team": players who are famous, strong, and highly talented face these friendship matches which seem meaningless to them, naturally with a lackluster attitude, even Altuve, who usually has a more professional attitude, clearly holds back.
After all, for these stars who are at their peak or on the rise, getting injured in such small games might affect their future and financial prospects, causing losses of millions or even billions of US Dollars.
Yet, this carefree team managed to win 8-7 in a scrimmage against the Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers combined team a few days ago, with most players not taking it seriously—which is why Harper could say things like he did at the beginning.
