Professional baseball Seibu has announced that next season's coaches will support Hatsuhiko Tsuji, who has decided to take command for the sixth year, and will promote Kazuo Matsui, the second army coach, to the head coach of the first army. bottom.
Seibu's General Manager Hisanobu Watanabe held an online press conference on the 3rd to announce the coaches for next season.
Seibu finished at the bottom this season for the first time since 1979, 42 years before moving its headquarters to Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture, but it has been decided that Director Tsuji will continue to take command for the sixth year.
Under these circumstances, the coaches were changed significantly in order to aim for the league championship for the first time in three years, and in one of them, Matsui 2nd Army coach was promoted to head coach.
And we will welcome Yosuke Hiraishi, a former coach of Rakuten, who was a hitting coach of Softbank until this season, as a hitting coach.
Tetsuya Utsumi, 39, who will be celebrating his 19th year next season, will also serve as a pitcher coach, saying, "I think it's a force, but preparations for baseball will be a model for young players."
In addition, it was decided to coach younger players without distinguishing between the 2nd and 3rd armies, and Fumiya Nishiguchi, the pitcher coach, was appointed as the manager of the farm.
General Manager Watanabe said, "I was watching this season and there were some parts that weren't working. I've welcomed a new head coach and one from the outside, so I'm looking forward to seeing how the coaches work." rice field.
After that, he said, "I want to create a new team so that the V-shape will definitely come back from the bottom. I want to back up the front desk and do my best to win the championship without leaving it to the field."