Professional baseball Kaneko Seibu Willing to fill Akiyama's hole of transfer February 11, 23:06
At a professional baseball and Seibu camp, outfielder Yuji Kaneko is actively engaged in batting and defensive practice in an attempt to fill the hole of Shogo Akiyama, who moved to the Major League Baseball.
Last year, Kaneko won the second stolen base king, mainly in the left position, hitting the first place in the early season, but his batting average and batting average did not increase, and his batting order was lowered after May.
Switch hitter Kaneko, who is expected to fill the hole of Akiyama who has been active in the "1st center" and transferred to the Major League Reds, is the first day of the third cool camp in Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture In today's batting practice, I was hitting more at bats than other players, and I was aware of strong hits from both the left and right at bats, hitting the hit at a wide angle.
In the field of defense, appointment at the center was being considered, and during individual practice and batting practice, he also entered the field of the center, showed a light defense utilizing his quick pace, and showed that he was adapting smoothly. .
Kaneko said, "I couldn't achieve the goal of hitting last season, so I had to improve my skills. I want to try it for a year."