Lotte Sasaki's trouble prevention plan in collaboration with the hospital October 18th 4:20

Lotte, who gained the right to negotiate pitchers of Iwate, Ofunato High School and Sasaki Yoshiki, the fastest 163 km in the draft meeting of professional baseball held on the 17th, is a training plan in cooperation with the hospital to prevent failure after entering the professional It was decided to stand up.

In fact, pitcher Sasaki of Ofunato High School who marked the fastest 163km in April, the most four teams competed for the first place in the draft meeting on the 17th.

As for Sasaki pitcher, until now, high school baseball team managers have been diagnosed by doctors as `` bones, muscles, ligaments etc. are not growing enough to withstand the ball speed '', and continue to use cautiously such as avoiding continuous throwing as much as possible It was.

For this reason, pitcher Sasaki missed the big stage by avoiding climbing in the final in order to avoid consecutive throws at the Iwate tournament in July due to the summer participation in Koshien.

Also, at the World Cup under the age of 18 from August to September, it was only one inning due to the influence of the blood blister on the middle finger of the right hand, and there was no opportunity to demonstrate its ability at international competitions.

Under these circumstances, Naoki Matsumoto, head of the Lotte team, said after pitching the draft meeting, “I would like to cultivate firmly in partnership with the hospital” and received professional advice and support from doctors and others to prevent injury. While showing the policy to develop a development plan.

In addition, director Iguchi Motohito said immediately before the draft meeting, “We want to throw it, but we want to do it with a solid plan.”

Attention will be drawn to whether Lotte can grow Sasaki pitcher with immense potential potential into a pitcher that represents the ball world.