Masahiro Tanaka, who will return to professional baseball and Rakuten for the first time in eight years, will join the team camp in Okinawa Prefecture from the 6th.
According to the team, pitcher Tanaka arrived at the hotel where the team stayed in Nago City on the 5th, while coach Kazuhisa Ishii and others were welcoming him.
Rakuten's 1st Army Camp, which has been held in Kin Town since the 1st of this month, will have a rest day on the 5th, and pitcher Tanaka will join from the 6th when the second cool begins.
Manager Ishii has indicated that he wants pitcher Tanaka to be pitched in the actual game by the end of this month, while adjusting with other players for the time being after joining.
Pitcher Tanaka said at a press conference on the 30th of last month about future adjustments, "I think there are many parts that need to be adjusted, such as Japanese balls and mounds, so I would like to practice assuming various things." I did.
The jersey number is the ace number "18" that was attached during the Rakuten era, and attention is also paid to Rakuten's uniform appearance for the first time in eight years.
This year's Rakuten camp does not have spectators in the stadium or on the premises as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus.