Professional baseball Rakuten draft 1st place Greetings to pitcher Hayakawa of Waseda University November 10 16:39
Waseda University pitcher Takahisa Hayakawa, who was nominated first by Rakuten at the draft meeting of professional baseball, said his enthusiasm, "I want to be a player who can give dreams" after receiving a greeting from the team.
Pitcher Hayakawa was noted as a left-handed pitcher boasting the fastest speed of 155 kilometers, and at the draft meeting held last month, four teams were nominated in first place, and Rakuten won the right to negotiate as a result of the lottery.
Pitcher Hayakawa, who finished the autumn league match of Tokyo Big6 Baseball League by winning the championship, received a nomination greeting from Rakuten's general manager Kazuhisa Ishii and others at the university campus in Shinjuku, Tokyo on the 10th.
Among them, Pitcher Hayakawa received a paper of "negotiation right confirmation" written by General Manager Ishii at the draft meeting, which he had assigned himself and wrote "Shining!".
Pitcher Hayakawa said, "I was nervous, but I felt that I was taking a new step and approaching the starting line as a professional."
After that, he said, "I want to be a shining player, as the general manager Ishii said. I want to be able to give my dreams this time, just as I had a dream from a professional baseball player."
General Manager Ishii said, "Unlike me, I am a good young man. I want to communicate and support him so that he can step up as a professional."