Yakult wins the island of Rakuten departure Battery aim 15:16 on November 15
Yakult, who finished at the bottom of the season in professional baseball and the SE League, announced that it has won the catcher, Motohiro Shima, who left Rakuten to strengthen the battery.
Shima is 34 years old.
He joined Rakuten in 2007 and became a regular catcher from the first year, and contributed to Japan's first team in Japan six years ago.
However, in this season, he remained in the least 57 games in the professional 13 years, leaving Rakuten for the opportunity to participate and seeking a transfer destination.
Shima players agreed to join the team as a result of negotiating with Yakult instead of participating in the 12-team joint tryout on 12th of this month, and Yakult announced that they won Shima player on the 15th .
Yakult, who finished at the bottom of the season, was rushing to rebuild the pitchers who had a team defense rate of 12 teams worst. So, strengthening the battery was an issue.