Professional baseball Lotte Suzuki moved to Rakuten at FA November 18th 16:09
Daichi Suzuki, who exercised the rights of FA = free agent limited to domestic baseball from professional baseball Lotte, will be transferred to Rakuten in the same Pacific League.
Suzuki has been negotiating with Rakuten, the giants, who have embarked on the acquisition, and Lotte, who has admitted the remaining after exercising the rights of free agents.
Then, by 18th, I contacted Giant and Lotte, and I contacted Kazuhisa Ishii, general manager of Rakuten, "I would like to take care".
Suzuki will formally contract with Rakuten soon, but according to the officials of the team, it is expected to be around 700 million yen in 4 years.
Suzuki is 30 years old in professional 8th year.
For four years until Ototoshi, he has served as a team leader in Lotte, serving as the captain and the chairman of the player.
In addition to being able to protect all positions in Uchino, batting also scored the best results after entering the professional season, with a batting average of 20/8/8, 15 home runs, and 68 RBI.
Ishii General Manager said, “I am grateful that my beloved players will challenge me and come to Tohoku. I want to comment ".