Professional baseball team DeNA announced that it will acquire Shunta Tanaka, who has been in the third year from the giant, as compensation for Takayuki Kajitani, who has transferred to the giant by exercising the rights of FA = free agent.
As Kajitani exercised FA rights and transferred to the Giants, DeNA was supposed to be able to acquire one player from other than the 28 people protected by the Giants as compensation.
And on the 18th, it was announced that Tanaka would be acquired.
Tanaka is 27 years old in his third year.
Originally from Kanagawa Prefecture, he joined the Giants in 5th place in the draft from Tokai University Sagami High School through Hitachi.
A utility player that can protect the outfield as well as the infield.
In the first year, he participated in 99 games, but since then, his chances of participation have decreased, and he has played 209 games in total with a batting average of 20%, 3 minutes and 9 RBIs, 7 home runs, and 32 RBIs.
In this year's Japan Series, he made a hit ahead of Round 4.
Tanaka, who was decided to transfer, said through the giant, "I am proud to be a player who played in the great cheers of Tokyo Dome and won the championship. The experience at the Giants who was raised as a professional baseball player is irreplaceable. It's a property I don't have. I want to do my best to contribute to the victory at DeNA by making use of what I learned at the Giants. "
In addition, DeNA's new coach Daisuke Miura commented through the team, "I think he is a well-balanced player in both offense and defense. I hope that he will help the team because his hometown is Kanagawa Prefecture." Did.