Kevin Cron, an American infielder who joined professional baseball Hiroshima this season, met in Hiroshima City and stated his enthusiasm, "I want to be a player who can earn RBIs at the center of the batting line."
Kron is 27 years old from the United States.
A right-handed infielder with a long hitting ability, he hit 38 home runs at the top of the league with a triple-A team under the umbrella of Diamondbacks, with a batting average of 30/3/1 and a RBI of 105. I played 47 games in the major leagues from the beginning to last year.
Klong players have visited Japan this month three days in consideration of the waiting period, 18 days, such as "Hello", "Nice to meet you" make joining conference at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima, it was greeted in Japanese.
He said, "I'm excited to be in Hiroshima. I want to be a player who can earn RBIs on the center pole of the batting line." He said, "I hear that Hiroshima fans are wonderful. I would be happy if I could win with Mate. "
At the end of the press conference, he put his sleeves on a new uniform and showed off his uniform number "10".
In Hiroshima last season, the batting average of the team was 20%, 6 minutes and 2 minutes, and the score was 523, both of which were second in the league. It is expected that the attack will be activated by joining Kron.