In the first year of the professional baseball giant's arrival in Japan, Smoke, who has hit seven home runs so far, has decided to leave the team because his family cannot come to Japan due to the influence of the new coronavirus.
Smoke was delayed in coming to Japan due to the influence of the new coronavirus, but so far he has hit the center pole with a batting average of 20% 7 minutes and 2 RBIs, 7 home runs and 14 RBIs in 34 games.
According to the team, as the effects of the new coronavirus continue, families living in the United States are stressed by not being able to come to Japan, and it is difficult to spend the rest of the period, so there is an offer to cancel the contract and it is decided to leave the group. I did.
Smoke is 34 years old.
A switch hitter who marked a total of 196 home runs in the major leagues, he has signed a two-year contract from this season.
Smoke said that he would return to Japan soon. "It was hard for me to be unable to come to Japan, so I decided to return to the United States and spend time with my family. I feel sorry for my teammates and fans who are playing hard. I am grateful to the team for the first time, "he commented through the team.
The same player, Thames, who came to Japan for the first year, also broke his right foot Achilles Ken and returned to the United States when he first participated in the 1st Army match in late April.
Under these circumstances, the giant announced that he had signed a contract with Hayato Hirama, who joined the team in the first place in the training draft, for a registered player under the control of being able to participate in a match of the 1st army.
Hirama has a batting average of 30% in the Eastern League of the 2nd army.