Professional baseball Rakuten Motohiro Shima Possibility of transferring to another team October 8th 18:15

Professional baseball We learned through interviews with team members that Shimamoto Hiroshi, who has been supporting the team for many years as the main catcher at Rakuten, may move to another team.

This was revealed by General Manager Ishii after the third round of the first stage of the climax series on the 7th, which was the final round of Rakuten's season.

34-year-old Shima player has played 57 of the least matches so far, with the rise of injuries such as hips and the emergence of young players this season in professional 13th year.

According to Ishii General Manager, when talking with Shima about the next season, the annual salary was reduced from the estimated annual salary of 100 million yen, exceeding the baseball agreement limit.

On top of that, he showed a policy of appointing younger players with priority and told them that “is not an environment where Shima can start first”.

On the other hand, Shima said, “I have a strong desire to start and compete,” the team respects the will of the person and explores the possibility of transferring to another team.

As a player who won the league's first league and made the most contribution to Japan as the main catcher of Rakuten, he was the biggest player in Japan, and made great efforts to support reconstruction as the player chairman at the time of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The

In addition, Rakuten's director Yosuke Hiraishi has a one-year contract for this season only, and Ishii General Manager will “discuss soon”.