Teruaki Sato, who has set 23 home runs in the rookie of professional baseball and Hanshin Tigers, has been canceled on the 10th due to poor batting.
This is the first time Sato has been demoted to the second army since he became a professional player.
No hits for 35 at-bats in a row from 22nd last month
Sato started in the opening game this season and hit the 23rd home run of the season on the 19th of last month, breaking the record for Koichi Tabuchi's newest home run for the first time in 52 years. ..
However, after that, he fell into an extreme slump, and from the 22nd of last month to the 9th of this month, he had no hits for 35 at-bats in a row, and the number of strikeouts in the season reached 151, which is the highest number among Japanese players in Hanshin history.
For this reason, Sato is increasing the number of games that are out of the starting lineup, and on the 7th of this month he did not play in the game for the first time this season.
Manager Yano urged him to "take away the regulars", but even in the game on the 9th, when he played for the first time in two games, he struck out two at-bats in a row, and on the 10th, he was removed from the registration of the 1st army player. I did.
This is the first time Sato has been demoted to the second army since he became a professional player.