DeNA Ito Hikaru No FA exercise 4 year contract Oct 23rd 20:05
Professional baseball, DeNA catcher Hito Ito. A new four-year contract was signed with the team without exercising the rights of FA = free agent only in Japan.
This was made clear by Ito on 23rd at a baseball office in Yokohama.
Ito moved from Orix in the middle of last season, and there was a period of injuries this season, but he wore a starter mask in most of the 84 games he played.
Last year, the team defense rate was improved from 4 points to 3 points, and Batting hit 8 home runs, the highest number of seasons.
Ito explained why he decided to stay without exercising FA rights: “I was very happy that the fans welcomed and cheered me on when I was transferred by trade. Did.
And with a four-year contract, a total of 450 million yen plus a new payment with a volume payment, he said, “I have evaluated more than I have imagined. I am glad to appreciate that. ”
For the next season, “I had a chance to improve baseball in the next four years, so I would like to level up. I would like to contribute to the team so that I could win the league, which was one step further.”