Softbank Chiga International Tournament “Premier 12” to decline 12:45 on October 24
According to interviews with related parties, Softbank's ace, Japan's best professional baseball player, pitcher Chihiro Tsuga, will decline to represent Japan at the premier 12 international tournament held next month.
Softbank's pitcher Chiga has been chosen as the “Premier 12” representative of Japan starting in Taiwan from the 5th of next month, and was scheduled to join the national team camp after the end of the Japan series. This means that the team has already communicated their intention to decline the representative.
In this season, pitcher Chiga marked 13 wins, ranking second in the league, and took 227 strikeouts, which greatly exceeded the number of innings, and won the title of the most strikeout.
And in the Japan Series, where Softbank was the best in Japan, it was a good pitcher with 7 goals and 1 run away from the first game on the 19th of this month.
In addition, Otototo WBC = World Baseball Classic has a fork ball with a large head, and has a track record of being selected as the best nine of the tournament. “Premier 12” was also expected to be the starting pillar.
The decline of the Japanese national team is a great deal of strength for coaching Atsushi Inaba, who is aiming to win the tournament.