Major League Baseball Red Sox announced on the 5th that pitcher Hirokazu Sawamura's uniform number has been set to 19.
19 is the number worn by Koji Uehara, who used to work as a restraint in the Red Sox.
Pitcher Sawamura, who joined the Red Sox this season, was tentatively wearing a uniform number 22 at the camp, but according to the team, the official uniform number has been decided to be 19.
19 is the number worn by Mr. Uehara, who was enrolled in the Red Sox from 2013 to 2016.
At the Red Sox enrollment meeting, pitcher Sawamura said about Mr. Uehara, who was also a senior in the professional baseball and giant era, "I was longing for Mr. Uehara to go from the bullpen to the mound in the 2013 World Series. I think he led me to the Red Sox, "he said, and decided to play with the same uniform number as his senior.