Hosei University's southpaw, Teru Yamashita, who was nominated as the first draft by professional baseball Yakult, signed a temporary contract with the baseball team on the 30th.
After the draft meeting, pitcher Yamashita had a stress fracture in his left arm and said, "I want to go to the spring camp with the ball thrown."
Pitcher Yamashita is a southpaw with a fastball of 152km and a sharp slider.
At the draft meeting, Yakult and Hiroshima were nominated for the first place by the two teams, and as a result of the lottery, Yakult acquired the right to negotiate.
Pitcher Yamashita negotiated to join the team in Tokyo on the 30th, and signed a temporary contract with an estimated contract fee of 90 million yen and an annual salary of 14 million yen.
In addition, the uniform number has been decided to be "15".
At the press conference, pitcher Yamashita stated his aspirations, "I am happy to be in the wonderful team that has become the best in Japan. I want to be a pillar of the team and a pitcher that represents Japan."
Pitcher Yamashita said that he had a stress fracture in his left arm after the draft meeting, and he said, "The range of motion of the arm has returned to the level of about 80%. I want to restore my strength from here." "I want to go to the spring camp with the ball thrown. I also want to make it a professional goal not to get injured."