Lotte Ofunato High School Sasaki's first nomination announced October 15th, 21:00
At a professional baseball draft meeting on the 17th, Lotte announced that it would nominate pitcher Nozomi Sasaki of Iwate Ofunato High School, the fastest 163 km.
On the 15th, Lotte held a final scout meeting at the ZOZO Marine Stadium in Chiba City, with director Shigeto Iguchi and team managers discussing the draft nomination policy.
After about four hours of meeting, Director Iguchi responded to the coverage of the media, and in April, Sasaki pitcher of Ofunato High School, who measured the fastest 163km in the match against Red and White of the candidate for Japan under 18 years old, ranked first. We announced that we nominate.
Director Iguchi said, “The ball is fast and it has the future. The scout teams were in agreement and it was decided immediately because I wanted it. If I trained it well, I think that it would be a player who would fly to the world. I know I will compete with the team, but Lotte has nominated the player with the highest rating for the past few years, so I want to manage it. "
It was the second team following Nippon Ham that announced the first place for pitcher Sasaki.
Lotte means that if nominations are competing at the draft meeting on the 17th, Director Iguchi, who won the lottery of Osaka University of Toho High School from Osaka Toin High School, where the three teams competed, will draw a lottery.