Kohei Arihara, who transferred from professional baseball Nippon-Ham to the Major League Rangers, talked about his impression of the Major League Baseball camp, which he had longed to enter the bullpen for the first time in the camp and "everything is exciting and fun."
Pitcher Arihara transferred from Nippon Ham to the Rangers using the posting system this off, and started the first year of the major league at the battery group camp in Arizona.
This year's Major League Baseball camp is being held without spectators for all teams as a measure to prevent infection of the new Corona, and pitcher Arihara entered the bullpen for the first time on the 18th of the second day of the camp and threw about 30 balls. It was.
Pitcher Arihara, who met after the practice, said, "I threw it like checking how much I could throw. Everything was exciting and fun," said the impression of the first major league camp.
Also, regarding the reason why he chose Rangers as the transfer destination, he said, "He analyzed me very much and I thought that this team would grow even more. I got various advice in terms of ball distribution such as using more high straights. I have. "
And about becoming the same American League western district as Shohei Ohtani of Angels who was a teammate during the Nippon-Ham era, "I want to play early and I am a great player, so I want to do my best to suppress it." I was eager to play against him.
Otani "While looking forward to one at bat and one at bat"
Regarding this, Otani also said at the press conference on the 18th, "Pitcher Arihara has been a catch ball opponent all the time during the Nippon-Ham era, so of course I am looking forward to the match. I think there will be many matches, but I look forward to one at bat I want to do it while doing it, "and I was looking forward to playing against Arihara as a batter.