For the first time in three years, ORIX Nishimura, vowed to roll back next season, September 29, 22:12
Director Nishimura of professional baseball / ORIX summed up that this season, which was set at the bottom of three years, said “I have to change everything,” and vowed to roll back next season.
In this season, ORIX promoted rejuvenation of the team by actively recruiting young players from the opening round under the direction of Director Nishimura, who was promoted from head coach to manager.
In the pitchers, the third-year pitcher Taisuke Yamaoka, who served as the opening pitcher, won the title with the highest win rate, and the third-year pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who switched from the relay to the starting pitcher, was the best defense with a stable pitching. Won the title of rate.
In the fielder team, Masanao Yoshida, who was in his fourth year, left the league top class in terms of batting average and defeat rate, and Nishimura also named these three players as a particularly leap forward.
On the other hand, the members who started first and pitcher appointments could not be fixed, and after the end of April it was sluggish to the bottom.
After surfacing to 5th place last month, the impact of the main players such as Romero's withdrawal due to injuries resonated, and in the beginning of this month, they lost 9 consecutive losses with a draw and fell to the bottom for the first time in 3 years. I missed the climax series for the second consecutive year.
Nishimura said, “Younger level up, but the result of the bottom must be taken seriously by the whole team. All the issues remained. If each person did not change their mindset, only the same result could be repeated. "We mustn't," and vowed to roll back next season.