Professional baseball DeNA Lopez acquires domestic FA rights Next season will be treated as a Japanese player

Professional baseball DeNA Lopez acquires domestic FA rights Next season will be treated as a Japanese player November 4, 21:20

Lopez, who achieved 2000 hits in Japan and the United States this season in professional baseball DeNA, acquired the right of FA = free agent who can freely search for a transfer destination only for domestic teams on the 4th, and from next season You can now play as a Japanese player.

Lopez is 36 years old from Venezuela.

After playing in the Mariners of the Major League Baseball, he played with the Giants in 2013 and won the title of the top hit and the most hits three years ago.

He has also won the Golden Glove Award five times in his first defense.

In addition to achieving a total of 2000 hits in Japan and the United States in the match against Hiroshima on the 24th of last month, he marked a total of 1000 hits in Japanese professional baseball in the match against Hanshin on the 31st of last month, achieving 1000 hits in Japan and the United States. I became the first foreign player to play baseball.

On the 4th, Lopez has been registered as a player in one army for eight years, and has acquired the FA right to freely search for a transfer destination only for domestic teams.

As a result, from next season, which is the 9th year of coming to Japan, it will be treated as a Japanese player, and it will be possible to participate without being included in the participation slot of foreign players.

Lopez said, "I've been playing for eight years and it was one of my goals, so I'm happy to be able to achieve it."