Red Sox pitcher Hirokazu Sawamura, who will challenge the major leagues from this season, joined the team's camp on the 2nd and expressed his enthusiasm, saying, "I want to absorb various things and work on it."
Pitcher Sawamura signed a contract with the Red Sox in the middle of last month, and it took a long time to get a visa, so he had been making adjustments in Japan so far, but on the 2nd, he joined the camp in Florida for the first time. Did.
After introducing himself to his teammates, Sawamura immediately joined the practice of relief pitchers and practiced catch ball and control ball.
Pitcher Sawamura, who had a press conference after the practice, said, "I was looking forward to it and felt impatient. The team said,'Because this is my family' and'I'll always help if I'm in trouble,'so I think I can take the plunge." I told you.
On top of that, he said, "You can play baseball through your sleeves in a traditional uniform. When you actually practiced here, in a world completely different from Japan, you were the bigger one in Japan, but the smaller one here." He talked about the difference and said, "I've been practicing in Japan for a long time and reporting on the content from time to time, so I'm ready to put it in the bullpen. I want to absorb various things and work on it."
Pitcher Sawamura's uniform number is 22 during the camp, but it has not been officially decided yet.