Professional baseball Yakult Takatsu new director "Bright team" October 1 17:34
Mr. Shingo Takatsu was appointed as the new manager of professional baseball and Yakult on the 1st, and expressed his aspirations at the conference, "I want to make a wonderful and bright team like me."
Yakult sank to the bottom of the league this season due to the 16th consecutive loss in line with the Se League record due to the sluggish pitchers, and Manager Ogawa retired taking responsibility for poor performance.
As a successor, Takatsu, who was active as a restraint in Yakult and the major leagues and was the director of two troops so far, became the new director on the 1st.
Director Takatsu held a meeting at the baseball team office in Tokyo, and said, “I finally feel the real feeling. .
In addition, touching the fact that the team defense rate of this season ended with 4.78, the worst of the 12 teams, “I think that the big purpose is to rebuild the pitchers. It will be the first step. "
The contract is 3 years and the annual salary is estimated at 80 million yen.
In addition, Tsuyoshi Kinugasa, president, said, “I know everything about Swallows as a player, coach, and two-team manager.
Director Takatsu will take part in the Phoenix League, which will be held in Miyazaki Prefecture from 7th of this month, and will also participate in the draft meeting held on 17th of this month.