Rakuten Ginji intends to remain without exercising FA rights October 28 21:45

Professional baseball Rakuten captain and Ginji players have revealed their intention to play at Rakuten next season without exercising FA = free agent rights only in Japan. This means that a new three-year contract is scheduled.

Ginji players pulled the team as a captain this season in the 14th year of the professional, and also scored 30% of batting averages and acquired FA rights limited to the domestic, but was held in Sendai City on the 28th After the autumn practice, the intention to remain without exercising FA rights was revealed.

Mr. Ginji is from Iwate Prefecture. “Because of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Typhoon 19 has suffered a lot of people suffering from the disaster. I thought what I could do for Tohoku was to play here. “I thought about Tohoku where I was born and raised.

Ginji is planning to sign a new three-year contract with the team, saying, “I want to revitalize the baseball without forgetting the earthquake. I won the team once again with the Tohoku team. I wanted to do it. "