DeNA Announcement of Lopez and Patton's departure from 2000 hits in Japan and the United States November 16th, 15:01

Professional baseball DeNA has announced that it will not sign a contract for next season with Lopez, who has achieved 2000 hits in Japan and the United States, and Patton, a pitcher.

36-year-old Lopez transferred from Giants to DeNA in 2015 and played a central role, and this season, the eighth year since he came to Japan, he has participated in 81 games with a batting average of 20%, 4 minutes and 6 home runs, and 12 home runs. It was a record of 42 RBIs.



Lopez has achieved 2000 hits in total in Japan and the United States, and 1000 hits in total in each of Japan and the United States for the first time as a foreign player, and has acquired the rights of FA = free agent in Japan, so from next season the foreign player quota You can participate without being included in.



The 32-year-old Patton has pitched in 57 games, the most in the league, with a record of 3 wins, 2 losses and 19 holds, and an earned run average of 4.92 this season, his fourth year in Japan. I mentioned it.



DeNA announced on the 16th that they will not sign a contract for next season, and Kazuaki Mihara, the team's representative, said, "Both are players who have made a great contribution to the team, but the plan for organizing the force for next season. I'm out of the box. "



Both of them want to continue working.



At DeNA, pitcher Escobar, who is the middle pitcher on the left, and Austin, who hit 20 home runs in his first year in Japan, will continue to play next season.


On the other hand, it is undecided that Soto, who is the second home run king in the third year of his arrival in Japan, and Peoples, who is the first year, will leave.