Kohei Miyadai, a left-field pitcher from the University of Tokyo who joined the professional baseball team Yakult, held a press conference and expressed his enthusiasm, saying, "No matter what role you play, you can throw it firmly in one army and become a force."
The 25-year-old pitcher Miyadai joined the adult Nippon-Ham Fighters in 7th place as the sixth professional baseball player in history from the University of Tokyo.
In three years, he pitched for one army only in one game in the first year, and he was out of the force of Nippon-Ham during this off, and he was asked for a contract as a training player, but he left the group hoping for a contract under control.
And in the tryout of 12 teams held at Jingu Stadium on the 7th of this month, it was decided to take three consecutive strikeouts and appeal, and join Yakult as a controlled player.
Pitcher Miyadai signed a formal contract at a baseball team office in Tokyo on the 23rd with an estimated annual salary of 6 million yen.
At the press conference, pitcher Miyadai, who had a uniform number of "68," said, "I was worried about that because I was asked by several teams, but I decided to go to Yakult, who offered me under control. I said.
After that, he expressed his enthusiasm about his future goals, saying, "I will do my best to fit the role that the team says. No matter what role I play, I will throw it firmly in one army and become a force."
In addition, the fact that Jingu Stadium, which was familiar to the University of Tokyo, will be the base, "I have a good image because I was able to pitch very well at the time of tryout. Next, I have the same pitching as in college in the official game of professional baseball. I want to do it. "