Hanshin Uemoto FA's right to exercise “I will decide” 23 Oct.
Hiroki Uemoto, who has the right of FA = free agent only in professional baseball and Hanshin, talked about his detention to the news agency after the match on the 13th.
Uemoto acquired the rights of free agents limited to the domestic market last season, but “I will do my best with Tigers for those who supported me” and remained without exercising the rights, and the trend after the end of this season It is attracting attention.
On the 13th, the team lost in the 4th round of the climax series final stage held at Tokyo Dome and missed the Japanese series advance, and this season was over.
In response to this, Uemoto, who responded to the coverage of the news media after the match, talked about his exile, saying, “I will decide. I have time until next season.” Did.
Uemoto is 33 years old in professional 11th year. Although it is a small 1 meter 73cm, it is an infielder with a punching batting.
In this season, I was struggling with a batting average of 10/9/22 in the regular season 62 games, but I showed a presence such as hitting three hits in the first stage of the climax series.