Professional baseball Orix negotiated with Atsushi Nomi, who left Hanshin for this season, to join the team on the 8th, and signed a one-year contract as a pitcher coach.
The 41-year-old pitcher Nomi played for 16 years with the Hanshin Tigers, marking a total of 104 wins as a starting pitcher and middle pitcher, and won the title of the most strikeouts eight years ago.
However, he pitched in 34 games this season and did not have an ERA of 4.74, so he signed a free contract with Hanshin on the 2nd of this month.
On the other hand, ORIX has set out to acquire Nomi pitcher in anticipation of strengthening the relief team on the left and also expecting the leadership of young players who have abundant experience.
Then, on the 8th, as a result of negotiations with pitcher Nomi at the baseball team facility in Konohana-ku, Osaka, he agreed to join the team as a pitcher coach and signed a one-year contract.
The annual salary is estimated to be 35 million yen and the uniform number is 26.
Pitcher Nomi said, "I started from a situation where I didn't have a place to play, so I was grateful for the call. First of all, I asked him to do his best as a player. There are many young players, so I will share my experience. I want to. "
Orix's general manager Junichi Fukura was hoping that he could still throw that much ball and show what he had done so far to pull young people.
Pitcher Nomi will hold a press conference later this month.