Yakult pitcher Masanori Ishikawa is the oldest pitcher in baseball at 44 years old. Ishikawa has won 22 consecutive years since joining the team, and is 15 wins shy of his goal of 200 wins in total.
Pitcher Ishikawa entered the bullpen for the second time since the first day of camp on the 1st and threw 40 pitches, including his signature curveballs and sinkers, using a rotating shaft with a built-in sensor and a ball that can measure pitch speed.