Takayuki Kajitani, who exercised the rights of FA = free agent only in Japan from professional baseball DeNA, is expected to transfer to the giant.
Kajitani has exercised FA rights only in Japan during this off-season, and has negotiated with the giants and DeNA, who allows them to remain after exercising their rights.
According to the people concerned, Kajitani has contacted DeNA and is expected to transfer to the giant.
The 32-year-old Kajitani won the title of the stealing king six years ago, and in this season, which is the 14th year, he mainly hit the first and participated in 109 games with a batting average of 30%, 2 minutes, 3 home runs and 140 home runs. In addition to being second in the league, he hit 19 home runs.
In total, he has a batting average of 20%, 6 minutes, 9 home runs, 119 home runs, and 149 stolen bases in 895 games.
The giant is negotiating to acquire Shoichi Inoh, who exercised FA rights only in Japan from the same DeNA.