Shintaro Fujinami, a professional baseball pitcher from Hanshin Tigers, will be the opening pitcher for the first time in his ninth year as a professional baseball player.
Pitcher Fujinami is 26 years old.
He won double-digit wins for the third consecutive year from the first year, but after that he struggled with control and remained sluggish, with only six wins in total for the past three years.
Even so, at the end of last season, he showed signs of recovery, such as marking his fastest 162km at the end of the season, and this season he has been energetically making adjustments such as trying windup at the spring camp aiming for a comeback as a starting lineup. It was.
As a result, he has been pitched for the first time in his ninth year as a professional pitcher because he has pitched in four actual games and has continued stable pitching with one goal in 12 innings.
Up until now, Yuki Nishi, who had 11 wins in line with the top of the team last season, was one of the leading candidates for the opening pitcher, but adjustments have been delayed, such as leaving the camp due to asthma symptoms on the 23rd of last month. It was.
Hanshin will face Yakult in the season opener at Jingu Stadium on the 26th of this month.