Professional baseball Rakuten veteran Imae out of force concept October 8th 19:45
Interviews with officials in the team revealed that professional baseball Rakuten veteran, Toshiaki Imae is out of the strength of the next season.
Imae is 36 years old in professional 18 years. I joined Lotte from PL school in Osaka and contributed to Japan's best in 2005 and 2002 with strong batting.
Since 2016, he has been active since transferring to Rakuten as an FA = free agent. Last season, he mainly played No. 4 and played an all-star game for the first time in five years.
However, due to the poor right eye this season, he has only participated in the least 26 games in the four years since his transfer, and did not participate in the climax series.
According to the officials of the team, there is also a team policy to rejuvenate, which means that it has deviated from the strength concept of next season.
The team evaluated their achievements so far and consulted with him as a coach. However, Imae hopes to continue his career, so there is a possibility that he may transfer to another team.