Professional baseball From today FA declaration period Which player is the focus of attention?

The period during which a player who has acquired the FA = Free Agent right in professional baseball can declare the exercise of the right will start on the 29th.

According to NPB = Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, 97 players have the rights of free agents, 23 players have newly acquired FA rights limited to Japan, and FA rights including overseas have been acquired. Is 11 people.

Of these, we learned from interviews with related parties that pitcher Katsuki Matayoshi, who acquired the rights to domestic FA this season, intends to exercise his rights.

In addition, pitcher Matayoshi has pitched in 66 games as a relief pitcher this season and has an ERA of 1.28, 3 wins, 2 losses, 8 saves and 33 holds, and if he declares FA, there is a possibility that multiple teams will start to win.

In addition, in the domestic FA, Hanshin catcher Ryutaro Umeno, who was selected as the representative of Japan for the Tokyo Olympics, and Yasuaki Yamasaki, pitcher of DeNA, who also won the title of the most saves twice so far and was also selected as the representative of Japan, have the right. It is not clear whether or not to exercise, and attention will be focused.

In addition, pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano, a giant who acquired FA rights including overseas, aimed to transfer to the major leagues using the posting system for the first time as a giant's unborn player last season, but negotiations remained unsuccessful. , Attention will be focused on the trends.

In addition, Nippon-Ham has not presented a contract for next season for Haruki Nishikawa, who has acquired the rights to overseas FA, Taishi Ota, who has acquired the rights to domestic FA, and Ryo Akiyoshi. All players can negotiate contracts with other teams, but there is still the possibility of re-contracting with Nippon-Ham.

On the other hand, several players such as Daichi Ohsera, the ace of Hiroshima, and Aren Kuri, the pitcher of Hiroshima who won the title with the most wins, have already decided not to exercise their rights and will remain.

The FA declaration can be made until December 7, and the declared player can negotiate with each team including the team to which he belongs from the 9th.