Sho Nakata of Nippon-Ham, who won the top scorer this season in professional baseball and the Pacific League, has renewed his contract for an estimated 50 million yen up to 340 million yen.
Kensuke Kondo, who won the title with the highest on-base percentage, also renewed his contract for an estimated 45 million yen up to 195 million yen.
Nakata scored 108 RBIs this season and became the third RBI king in four years, and his home run hit 31 RBIs, the second highest in the league.
Nakata negotiated a contract at the baseball team office in Sapporo on the 17th, and renewed the contract for an estimated 50 million yen up to 340 million yen.
Nakata recalled, "This season we had six consecutive races, which was harder than I expected, but I'm glad we were able to reach the final race without any major injuries."
In addition, Nakata jokingly said that he would like to ask the team to improve if the number of home runs could be increased if the stadium was a little narrow because many hits hit the fence directly at the Sapporo Dome, which is the base of the game this season.
Regarding this, Nakata recalled, "I was told at the first shot that I'm sorry but I can't help it. I was told that it would be helpful if I could lower the fence."
In addition, Kondo, who won the title with the highest on-base percentage for the second consecutive year with an on-base percentage of 40%, 6 minutes and 5 minutes, also renewed his contract.
Kondo played an active role as the center of the league with a batting average of 30%, 4 minutes and 0 minutes, and renewed the contract with an estimated 45 million yen increase to 195 million yen.
Kondo pledged to the long-awaited top hitter, "I think there is a difference of two or three steps from the top, so I want to find out why this difference is off," and pledged further success next season. I did.