In the second year of professional baseball Lotte, pitcher Roki Sasaki joined the practice of the 1st Army on the 14th, and it was decided to start the first professional baseball game in the Seibu match on the 16th.
Pitcher Sasaki, who has the fastest speed of 163 km, joined the 1st Army on the 14th because he was supposed to pitch in three consecutive battles with Seibu at the ZOZO Marine Stadium, which is his home base.
After practicing pitching with a bullpen, Pitcher Sasaki came out to the ground around 2:30 pm and exercised for about an hour with stretching, catching balls, and sprinting.
After the practice, manager Tadahito Iguchi announced that he would start pitcher Sasaki in the game on the 16th.
Director Iguchi said, "I'm going to leave it to you, and it seemed like he was looking forward to it the most. It's his opening round, but I'd like him to do something good."
Pitcher Sasaki was a rookie last season, and due to poor conditions, he devoted himself to building his body and did not pitch in official games including the 2nd army. I have come.
In the 2nd army, he pitched 20 times in total in advance of 5 games, with an ERA of 0.45 and 3 walks, showing a stable pitching, and the fastest was 156km.
Attention will be focused on what kind of pitching will be shown in the 1st army debut match that pitcher Sasaki, who marked the fastest 163 km in high school, will enter in his second year as a professional.