Foreign players who newly joined each professional baseball team this season could not come to Japan due to the measures against the border of the new coronavirus and could not participate in the camp, but four giant new foreign players gathered in the United States. We are making adjustments in an unusual way to hold a mini camp.
New foreign players contracted by professional baseball teams cannot come to Japan because the Japanese government has suspended new entry of foreigners in principle due to the border measures of the new coronavirus, and participated in the camp that started on the 1st of this month. I have not.
Under these circumstances, the giant has been holding an unusual mini camp in Arizona in the western United States from the 14th of this month so that he can grasp the condition of the new foreign player and join the team smoothly after coming to Japan.
Participating are four new foreign players, including Gregory Polanco, who has a record of 96 home runs and 98 stolen bases in the major leagues, and Matt Shoemaker, who has 46 wins in total. We warmed up with the guidance of the staff.
And while George Arias, a giant OB and an overseas scout, was watching, he was practicing pitching and batting with a bullpen, respectively.
The mini camp is scheduled until the 27th of this month, and the players are practicing and adjusting for about 4 hours every day.
Polanco said, "I'm very happy that they think of us as a member of the team. I feel the importance of doing it together rather than practicing alone, and whenever I get a call to enter Japan, I'm ready. "
The government plans to allow new foreign players in professional baseball and the J-League to enter the country after taking necessary epidemic prevention measures, and it is expected that they will be able to come to Japan as early as early next month.