Professional baseball and Softbank won pitcher Colin Ray, who played in the Cubs of the Major Leagues last season.
The 30-year-old pitcher Ray has a fastball and a variety of changing balls that can be thrown down from a height of 1 meter and 96 centimeters by throwing to the right.
Last season, he played with Yu Darvish in the Cubs of the Major Leagues, pitching nine games with 1 win and 1 loss and an earned run average of 5.79.
The total is 8 wins and 8 losses in 35 games, with an ERA of 4.79.
At Softbank, pitcher Van den Hurk, who won 43 wins in six seasons, and pitcher Moore, who won six wins last season in the first year, have become free contracts and the remaining negotiations have not been finalized. Reinforced as.
Pitcher Ray commented through the team, "I have had a desire to play in Japan for the past few years. I am happy to be able to play with the Hawks, a winning team, and feel like my dream has come true."
Sugihiko Mikasa, general manager of Softbank, said, "I came to a contract with pitcher Ray who wants to play in Japan while thinking about foreigners. I think he will work stably as a starting pitcher." talked.