Hayato Nishiura, a fourth-year professional baseball player who had signed a training contract this season with the aim of recovering from an intractable hip joint disease, will retire.
Nishiura is 22 years old.
In 2018, he joined Orix from Meitoku Gijuku High School in Kochi in 6th place in the draft, and participated in the 1st Army from the 1st year as an outfielder with a fast pace and strong shoulders.
However, in November of last year, he announced that he had developed a hip joint disease, which is an intractable disease designated by the government and causes death at the base of a large bone. After that, he had surgery on both legs.
Nishiura signed a training contract this season and posted the state of rehabilitation etc. on Twitter etc. for his return, but according to the team, he requested to retire by the 24th, and it was decided to retire from active duty. It means that.
Nishiura has participated in 128 games in a total of four years as a professional player, with three home runs and a batting average of 10%, 9 minutes and 2 minutes.
Nishiura said on his Twitter account, "What I felt from this experience is that I will continue to challenge even if I am in a disadvantageous situation! I can fail. I think it makes sense to challenge. Thank you very much. "
Nishiura will defend in the final round of the 2nd army battle to be held on the 28th of this month, and then will attend the retirement ceremony.