Players gather before Major League camp resumes Otani also enters the stadium July 2 15:04

Before the major league camp resumes toward the opening of the end of this month, players will gather on the first day in each team, and Shohei Otani of the Angels will play the same baseball stadium as other main players. visited.

Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the major league has postponed the opening scheduled on March 26, and is scheduled to open on the 23rd or 24th of this month.

The camps of each baseball team, which had been suspended in the middle of March toward the opening, will be restarted at the baseball stadium on the 3rd and after, and the 1st was the day for the players to meet.

Of these, at the Angels stadium in Anaheim, California, in addition to Otani who plays again with this season's double-hit style, Mike Trout who won the American League's MVP last season, and last year's National League scorer Main players such as Anthony Lendon, who won the title and transferred from the Nationals, entered the stadium in the morning.

At the stadium, all players and staff members are obliged to measure their body temperature, and Otani also entered the stadium after being thermometered by a thermometer on his forehead.

In the Angels, athletes are being tested for the new coronavirus one by one from the end of last month, and those who are negative will participate in the camp which will be restarted from the third day.

Japanese players to start although they decline

The Major League has decided to restart the camp from the 3rd of this month toward the opening, but some players have declined to play this season because of the risk of being infected with the new coronavirus.

Ryan Zimmerman, who had hit a total of 270 home runs and contributed to the Nationals' victory in the World Series last season, declined to avoid the risk of being infected by three children.

Elsewhere, the same Nationals pitcher Joe Ross, Diamondbacks Mike Leak and Rockies Ian Desmond have decided to decline play this season.

On the other hand, all nine Japanese players with major league contracts are scheduled to enter the camp.

Shohei Otani of the Angels, Darvish pitcher of the Cubs, Kenta Maeda of the Twins, Yusei Kikuchi and Yoshito Hirano of the Mariners, and Reds Shogo Akiyama remain in the United States and continue voluntary training to prepare for the opening. We've been there, but everyone is expected to enter the camp smoothly.

The Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka returned to Japan and adjusted to New York a few days ago.

Director Aaron Boone revealed that Pitcher Tanaka was inspected for the new coronavirus on the 1st, and said, ``I have no problem with my physical condition and I think that I can resume practice like other pitchers''. I spoke.

The Yankees will restart camp on the 4th, one day behind other teams.

In addition, Ray's Yoshitomo Tsutsuka and Blue Jays' pitcher Shun Yamaguchi returned to Japan because it was difficult to secure a practice environment in the United States, but they are now in the United States in time for the camp.