Yakult Terahara to retire from service at Koshien the fastest at that time 154 km September 16 16:03
It turns out that professional baseball and Yakult veteran Hayato Terahara will retire from this season only.
Terahara is 35 years old from Miyazaki Prefecture.
This season, we entered the opening rotation and won a star on April 11, but there was no climbing in one army on July 3. This season, he climbed to 4 games, 2 wins and 1 loss, and his defense rate was 6.19.
During his high school days at Miyazaki and Nichinan Gakuen, Terahara pitched the attention of 154 kilometers, which was the fastest at Koshien.
After joining Daiei, the predecessor of Softbank, in the first round of the draft in 2001, he returned to Yokohama, now DeNA from Orix, and then Softbank, playing from this season in Yakult.
He played an active part in both the starting and the relief, and the total result was 73 wins, 81 losses, 23 saves, and a defense rate of 3.88.
Pitcher Terahara has announced his intention to retire from active duty only for this season, and is expected to be announced soon by the team.