Yuya Yanagi, a fifth-year pitcher who won only six wins in professional baseball last season, will improve his level by taking advantage of the advice of pitcher Hideaki Wakui of Rakuten, a senior high school student who trained independently at the spring camp. I'm planning.

Pitcher Yanagi was expected to be the starting pitcher last season with 11 wins at the top of the team, but only 6 wins due to the impact of his injury.



This off, a senior at Yokohama High School, conducted voluntary training with pitcher Hideaki Wakui of Rakuten, who won the most wins in the Pacific League last season, and was advised to put more effort into the fingertips to convey more power to the ball. is.



At this camp, I continued pitching practice using that advice, and even with the bullpen on the 8th, I was politely throwing one ball at a time, with changing balls while being aware of my fingertips.



Chunichi will play the first red and white match at this camp on the 9th, and pitcher Yanagi will throw two innings in the starting lineup.



Pitcher Yanagi said, "What I learned from Pitcher Wakui is not so easy, but I want to practice and learn it. I want to feel what I can and cannot do in tomorrow's red and white battle." I did.

Kodai Umetsu "Aiming to enter the opening rotation"

Kodai Umetsu (24), who has changed his jersey number to "18" from this season in Chunichi, is carefully adjusting with the 2nd army aiming for the opening rotation.



Pitcher Umezu entered the opening rotation last season, but he hurt his right elbow and left the line, leaving only two wins. For this season, we have changed to the uniform number "18" worn by pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, who he has longed for since he was a child, and has set the goal of keeping the starting rotation throughout the year.



At the spring camp, which started the 2nd army in Yomitan Village, Okinawa Prefecture, we carefully adjusted and threw 83 balls centered on a fastball with a bullpen on the 8th. After that, I worked hard on menus such as knock and shuttle run.



Pitcher Umezu said, "We will complete the camp firmly, create a good condition, and aim for the opening rotation first."