Professional baseball Seibu Yamakawa deregistered 3 years in a row Home run King will not be the king October 31st 21:50
On the 31st, the registration of the 1st army player was canceled in order to concentrate on the treatment of the right ankle that Seibu's Hotaka Yamakawa, who won the home run king in the professional baseball and Pacific League for the second consecutive year until last year. ..
Yamakawa hurt his right ankle when he swung against Nippon-Ham Fighters on August 9, but he continued to play in the match after that.
However, the batting condition did not improve, and he participated in 19 games this month and suffered from an extreme slump with a batting average of 10%, 4 minutes and 5 minutes, and on the 31st, the registration of the 1st army player was canceled.
According to the team, this is to concentrate on treating the injured right ankle.
Yamakawa has participated in 102 games this season, marking 24 home runs and 73 RBIs at the top of the team, but his batting average is 20%, which is the lowest among batters who have reached the prescribed seats in both leagues. I am.
After the Softbank game at MetLife Dome, coach Hatsuhiko Tsuji said about Yamakawa, "I can't do the batting I want and the result isn't good. I decided to do it next year." The team advanced to the climax series. Even in that case, he recognized that it would be difficult to return.
Yamakawa is likely to finish this season as it is, and it is certain that he will miss the title of King Homerun, which he had won for the second consecutive year until last year.