Lotte Sakurai to the money trade on Rakuten December 19 10:56
A 33-year-old pitcher Hideaki Sakurai who has won a total of 133 wins in the professional baseball Lotte has been transferred to Rakuten for money trading.
In this season of professional 15th pitcher, Sakurai changed the spine number to “18” of the ace number and aimed for a double-digit victory for the first time in 3 years. It was over.
With young pitchers showing growth in Lotte, Pitcher Sakurai had no starting opportunity in one army after July 31st.
According to the officials of the team, it will be announced in the afternoon on the 19th that the money transfer to Rakuten has been decided between the two teams.
Rakuten was the only off-season team in this season, and Miwa Mangaku, the pitcher who reached the specified pitch, was decided to transfer to Lotte with FA = free agent, and strengthening the starting pitcher was an issue.
Pitcher Sakurai is 33 years old from Chiba Prefecture.
I joined Seibu in the 1st draft and moved to Lotte in FA off 6 years ago.
To date, he has won a total of 133 wins, won the most wins three times, and was selected for the Sawamura Prize.
On the other hand, Lotte was found to be the relief pitcher, Frank Herman, who played at Rakuten for three years.
Herman pitched to 50 games this season and got 5 wins, 3 losses and 21 holds, with a total of 153 games, 66 holds, 19 saves, and a defense rate of 2.59.