Professional baseball Rakuten Norimoto Renewing contract with current status December 12th 16:39
Rakuten's Ace Norimoto pitcher, who has signed a contract for 7 years from this season, has become an exceptional length in professional baseball, and has renewed the contract for the next season with an estimated payment of 300 million yen.
In this season, pitcher Norimoto had the right elbow surgery before the opening of the season, so he won the fewest wins in the seventh year of the pro, and stopped winning the most strikeout titles for five consecutive years.
On November 12, pitcher Norimoto negotiated a contract renewal at the base office in Sendai City, and concluded a contract for the next season with a payment of 300 million yen, which is estimated to be the current level.
From this season, pitcher Norimoto has signed a 7-year contract, which is an unusual length in professional baseball. “It ’s not easy to get a long-term contract so far. Said.
Also, as pitcher from next season, he will be the second player since pitcher Hisashi Iwasaki, and since he was a newcomer, he said, “I want to create an environment where newly added players can easily merge and win anyway”. I vowed the best in Japan for the first time in seven years.
And for next year's Tokyo Olympics, “I have n’t been wearing a representative uniform since last March, so I do n’t think I ’ll have to leave the results in a healthy state from the camp. I showed it.