Professional baseball Rakuten veteran Imae retires only in this season October 15 19:00
Professional baseball, Rakuten veteran, Toshiaki Imae will retire from the current season only.
Imae is 36 years old from Kyoto and 18 years professional. I joined Lotte from PL school in Osaka, and contributed to Japan's best twice in 2005 and 22 with strong batting.
Played at Rakuten, a free agent who was transferred as a free agent for three years, and showed a strong presence such as hitting No. 4 last season.
However, this season was not enough for the right season, and only 26 games were played, and there was a team policy to rejuvenate, so it was out of the strength concept of next season.
Imae was looking for other teams to play, but decided to retire for the current season only.
This means that the team is consulting with Mr. Imae to become a coach.
The total results were 1704 hits, 1682 hits, 726 runs and 108 home runs.
Former manager Yosuke Hiraishi, who retired only for this season, was decided to leave the post of the two military leaders who had been offered by the team.
Director Hiraishi said, “I like Miyagi and Tohoku and have been coming to Rakuten for 15 years, but I am lonely to leave.”