At the draft meeting of professional baseball, pitcher Kazama of Akita's Akisakura High School, who was nominated in 1st place by Softbank, signed a temporary contract with the baseball team on the 22nd, "Awarding a prize almost every year with the goal of 300 wins, for many years. I want to be a player who can play an active role. "
The uniform number has been decided to be "1".
Kazama has a fastball with a maximum speed of 157 kilometers, and at the draft meeting held last month, Softbank nominated him in first place and won the right to negotiate.
On the 22nd, we negotiated with the baseball team at a hotel in Tokyo, and signed a temporary contract with a contract fee of 100 million yen, a piecework payment of 50 million yen, and an annual salary of 11 million yen.
In addition, the uniform number has been decided to be "1".
The jersey number "1" was worn by former coach Koji Akiyama when he was the predecessor Daiei, as well as Seiichi Uchikawa, who is currently playing at Yakult.
Pitcher Kazama said, "I feel like I'm a professional baseball player. I was wondering if I could carry the number 1 on my back, but I was told by the team that I was expecting it, so I was most active because I was carrying the number 1. I want to live up to my expectations. "
After that, he enthused, "First of all, I want to be a player who can play an active part for a long time so that he can win a prize almost every year by building a solid body and sticking to the ball speed with the goal of 300 wins."
Softbank's press conference is scheduled for early next month.