Yakult Uchikawa leaving Softbank considers acquisition November 2, 20:50
It turned out that professional baseball Yakult is considering acquiring Seiichi Uchikawa, who has decided to leave Softbank only this season.
38-year-old Uchikawa marked a batting average of over 30% in the 2nd army this season in his 20th year as a professional player, but he has never been promoted to the 1st army and will leave Softbank on the 2nd only this season. Was officially announced.
Uchikawa has indicated that he will move to another team and continue to play an active role, and according to people familiar with the matter, Yakult, who has been the lowest in the Central League for the second consecutive year, is considering winning. That is.
Yakult has the lowest batting average in the league with a batting average of 20%, 4 minutes and 4 minutes so far this season, and strengthening the batting line is an issue, and team executives highly appreciate Uchikawa's achievements and attitude toward practice. It's up.
Uchikawa joined Yokohama at that time in 2001, and in 2008, the eighth year, he recorded the highest batting average of 30%, 7 minutes and 8 minutes as a right-handed batter, and became the top batter.
In the 10th year off, he transferred to Softbank as a free agent and achieved the top hitter in both the Interleague Play League, which is the second player in history, and 2171 hits in total are the most active hits.