Designated batter to participate in open match with Otani Reds
Angels of the Major League, Shohei Otani will participate in the open match against Reds on the 26th of Japan time as a designated hitter, and will face the first actual battle of the season. Reds' Shogo Akiyama will also participate in this match, and this is expected to be the first match in the United States.
Otani will play this season as a designated batter from the start, and will return to the right elbow surgery around mid-May as a pitcher and play with a two-sword style of pitching and hitting.
I went to camp in Arizona on this month and adjusted the pitching, but I decided to participate in the open game against Reds on 26th of Japan time as a designated batter and face the first actual battle this season I have decided.
In practice on the 24th, with the next day scheduled for participation, he showed an estimated flight distance of 140m where the hit ball fell on the back screen in free batting.
At the opponent Reds, Akiyama will participate in the second open game.
Akiyama made his first hit at the No. 1 Center in the open match against White Sox on the 23rd, hitting his first hit.
Otani, who played in Nippon Ham, and Akiyama, who played in Seibu, are playing in professional baseball. However, if two people participate as planned in the open game on the 25th, it will be the first match in the United States. You.