Giant No. 1 nominee Takao Aomori “Horita” to the pitcher in the 10th range, provisional contract November 13, 20:40
Pitcher Kenshin Horita of Aomori Yamada High School, who was nominated by the professional baseball giant as the 1st draft, signed a temporary contract with the team, and expressed his enthusiasm that he wanted to be a pitcher that could be assigned a 10-number.
Pitcher Horita is highly regarded as a right pitcher with a straight line that exceeds the maximum speed of 150 km.
On August 13, pitcher Horita, who was nominated by the giant at the draft meeting last month, negotiated with Hasegawa Kunitoshi Scout, etc. at a hotel in Aomori city.
As a result, both agreed to join the company with an estimated contract amount of 80 million yen and annual salary of 8 million yen. The spine number was decided to be “32”.
Pitcher Horita said, “I feel like I will spend my time as a professional baseball player and I am happy to be able to play in a historic baseball team.”
He also expressed his enthusiasm about his spine number, "I want to be a pitcher that can be assigned to the 10s."
Director Hasegawa Scouts said, “The potential is quite high. I hope I can become a pitcher who can win double digits every year in the starter.”