According to interviews with the people concerned, manager Tadahito Iguchi of professional baseball Lotte will continue to lead the team next season, which is his fifth year.
Manager Iguchi is the first professional baseball manager to have experienced the major leagues, and has led Lotte since 2018, three years ago.
He moved up to 5th place in the 1st year, 4th place in the 2nd year, and 2nd place last season in the 3rd year.
And in this season of the 4th year, he continued to fight fiercely for the championship with Orix until the final stage, and the magic number for the victory for the first time in 51 years was lit, but the second place was confirmed by losing in the Rakuten match on the 27th. However, I didn't win the league title for the first time in 16 years.
According to the people concerned, the ability to advance to the climax series in 2nd place for 2 consecutive years and the training of young people were evaluated, and he will continue to lead the team next season.
Lotte will face Rakuten, who is third in the season, in the first stage of the Climax Series from November 6th.