The Okinawa camp of professional baseball and Rakuten entered the 4th course at the end of the game from the 16th.
Masahiro Tanaka, who has been 10 days since the merger, did not attend the practice game centered on young players and made adjustments for the first pitching in the actual game on the 20th of this month.
Pitcher Tanaka, who returned to Rakuten for the first time in eight years, joined the 1st Army camp in Kin Town, Okinawa Prefecture on the 6th of this month when the 2nd Cool started, and from the 11th he joined the overall practice and adjusted. Is proceeding.
On the 16th, when the 4th course was entered, the young players participated in a practice game with the Hanshin Tigers, but pitcher Tanaka sweated with a light catch ball and defensive practice with other main players and newcomers.
In the defensive practice of the pitchers, he made a loud voice with pitcher Yuki Matsui to liven up the atmosphere.
When pitcher Tanaka missed the ball, pitcher Hideaki Wakui, who was two years older than him, said, "What's wrong?", And it seemed that he was already in the team 10 days after joining.
Pitcher Tanaka did not practice pitching on the 16th, but he went to the bullpen between the exercises and watched the junior throw from behind the mound so that he could respond when he was asked for advice.
Pitcher Koichi Takada, a rookie in second place in the draft, was advised by pitcher Tanaka on how to throw a split ball, so it was a really valuable experience to have pitcher Tanaka, who I thought was a distant existence, consult with me. However, I am working in harmony and practicing, and I am getting a good atmosphere. "
Pitcher Tanaka will be on the mound for the first time in a practice match against Nippon-Ham Fighters in Kin Town on the 20th of this month.