Professional baseball Hanshin launched a spring camp in Okinawa on the 1st, and coach Akihiro Yano said, "The players have taken on the challenge."
The Hanshin Spring Camp, which was held in Ginoza Village, Okinawa Prefecture, has reached its final day on the 1st.
After the general practice, the players gathered on the ground, tightened with the shout of player chairman Koji Chikamoto, and launched the camp.
At this camp, Teruaki Sato, the first-ranked rookie in the draft, has been attracting attention with two home runs and a batting average of nearly 40% in eight practice games, while Shun Takayama, who is in the sixth year competing for regular outfielders, also Competition within the team became active, such as appealing with a batting average of over 40% in the actual battle.
Director Yano said, "It was a lonely camp with no spectators, but all the players were highly conscious of pulling the team, and they took on the challenge."
On top of that, Manager Yano named Takayama, who is aiming to be a regular again, as the MVP of the entire camp, and also selected pitcher Shintaro Fujinami, who showed a sense of stability with one goal in three actual games as the MVP of the pitchers.
On the other hand, Sato, who finished his first camp, said, "I thought I wasn't losing the long hitting power. However, the probability of catching the ball is still insufficient, so I want to do it well from now on."