Giants new player joining announcement Draft 1st place Hirauchi "Active as soon as possible"

Ryuta Hirauchi, a pitcher of Asia University who joined the team in 1st place in the draft, expressed his enthusiasm, saying, "I want to do my best so that I can play an active part in the Tokyo Dome as soon as possible."

The announcement of the new giant players joining the team was held during the Fan Thanksgiving Day held at the Kokugikan in Tokyo, and 19 players, including trained players, went up to the stage and were introduced to the gathered fans.

Pitcher Hirauchi, who joined the team in 1st place in the draft from Asia University, is a right-handed pitcher with a straight speed of 156km.

Pitcher Hirauchi has been assigned a number of "11" and expressed his enthusiasm, saying, "I want to do my best to play an active part in Tokyo Dome as soon as possible with awareness and responsibility."

And Tatsunori Hara said, "I want you to fight with all your might until the very end without setting limits under any circumstances. Since it is a professional baseball game with fans, I want you to become a player who can impress the fans." I encouraged you.

The 19 new players will start joint voluntary training from January next year to prepare for the camp in February.

Draft 2nd place Yamazaki "I want to heal my injuries and do my best"

Yama * Saki Iori, who joined the team in 2nd place in the draft from Tokai University, underwent a repair operation for the ligament of his right elbow this spring.

I attended the announcement of the new players wearing a brand new uniform with a uniform number of "19".

Pitcher Yamazaki said, "I'm honored to be in front of the fans wearing a traditional giant uniform. Director Hara said,'Your uniform number looks good.' I got a good uniform number. So, I want to heal my injuries as soon as possible so that I can live up to my expectations. I'm really grateful that I was nominated even though I couldn't throw it after surgery. I want to return it with the results. "

* Saki standing.

Draft 3rd place Nakayama "Game from the first year"

Reito Nakayama, who joined Chukyo High School in Aichi in 3rd place in the draft, said, "I was nervous at first, but I stood in front of the fans and felt the tradition and responsibility of the giant. I will compete from the first year. I want to do my best with a strong feeling. I am a very strong team and I want to join this team and contribute to the best in Japan. "