Tsuyoshi Wada, the oldest pitcher in the professional baseball Softbank team, has signed a new two-year contract with an estimated annual salary of 150 million yen, an increase of 50 million yen.

At the age of 39, pitcher Wada, the oldest pitcher in the team, kept the starting rotation from the opening and won the league title for the first time in three years in October against Lotte, where he won the league title with no runs in six innings. Contributed to.



This season, he started 16 games with 8 wins and 1 loss and an ERA of 2.94.



On the 25th, pitcher Wada negotiated a contract at the baseball team office in Fukuoka City, and signed a new two-year contract with an estimated annual salary of 150 million yen, an increase of 50 million yen.



Pitcher Wada said, "I was praised for throwing out from the team for a year and for teaching young people. It was good that I was able to throw for a year without a big withdrawal like last year." Looking back on this season.



On top of that, for next season, "I used to throw at intervals between pitches, so next year I would like to try throwing as a full starting rotation without such a thing, and camp the pitching that seems to be okay to leave it to me. I want to show it in the open game. "