Angels Otani's first throw after knee knee operation October 25, 14:24
Angels Shohei Otani, who is aiming to return to the next season with two swords in the major leagues, showed a catch ball for the first time after surgery on his left knee last month.
Since Otani had an operation on the right elbow last year, he concentrated on batters this season, and on the 13th of last month, he had an operation to remove part of the bone of his left knee.
Otani is scheduled to play with two swords for the next season, and after the surgery, he has rehabilitated his left knee, but on the 24th, he showed his first catch after the surgery at the baseball stadium in Anaheim. .
Otani has resumed catching the ball from the middle of this month, and the left leg that had been operated on this day was a little cautiously throwing the ball carefully.
He also showed that the rehabilitation is progressing smoothly, such as throwing sliders and curves and checking the feel of the changing ball while standing up.
In the future, Otani will increase the strength of pitching practice and move to full-scale pitching with bullpen.
On the same day, a press conference was held for Joe Maddon, the new director, and Otani attended.
Maddon's new director has so far led the raises and cubs and has experienced the World Series twice and has been selected as the best director three times.
At the interview, he said, “The goal is to be able to fight at the playoff. It ’s interesting to join the playoff instead of watching it on TV,” and vowed to rebuild the sluggish team.
Also, after the interview, new director Maddon said, “Otani is real. The batter and the pitcher have the qualities they want, and they can do anything. It was close.