During the season, Ohtani didn’t comment much on the state of the team, but he did so with the season over this week. While giving an interview in a Japanese airport, the superstar two-way player said he was disappointed by the way the season ended.

“I have to say that August and September in particular felt longer to me than last year,” Ohtani said in Japanese, via the Associated Press. “We were not able to play as many good games as we would like—including 14 consecutive losses. So I have a rather negative impression of this season.”