Nishinippon Institute of Technology pitcher Chiichiro Sumita, who was nominated by professional baseball Seibu as the first draft, signed a temporary contract with the baseball team and expressed his enthusiasm, saying, "I want to start the starting rotation to win the championship."
Pitcher Sumita is a left-handed pitcher with a fastball of 150km and a variety of changing balls. At the draft meeting last month, he was nominated as the first place from four teams, and Seibu won the right to negotiate as a result of the lottery.
On the 1st, we negotiated with Tetsuya Shiozaki, the director of the baseball team headquarters organization group, at a hotel in Kitakyushu City, and signed a temporary contract with an estimated contract fee of 100 million yen, a volume payment of 50 million yen, and an annual salary of 16 million yen. ..
At a press conference after the negotiations, pitcher Sumita said, "I think the expectations from the team are reflected in the contract numbers. I want to practice for the camp with the goal of entering the starting rotation for Seibu's victory." Showed enthusiasm.
Director Shiozaki said, "I am highly evaluated because it is the first place in the competition of the four teams. Seibu's pitchers are not abundant, so I expect that they will definitely enter the rotation." I did.