A press conference for new professional baseball players from Seibu was held in Tokyo, and pitcher Chiichiro Sumita of Nishinippon Institute of Technology, who joined the team in 1st place in the draft, said, "As a member of Seibu, I want to do my best to demonstrate my strength." did.
A press conference for new Seibu players was held at a hotel in Tokyo, and 10 people including the training players nominated at the draft meeting attended.
Of these, pitcher Sumita, a left-handed pitcher who was nominated in 1st place from the 4 teams, which is the most in this year's draft meeting, and is expected to be an immediate force, wrote the word "leap" on the colored paper and said "every year." Aiming to improve, I want to improve my level year by year and have a long player life. I want to be a member of Seibu and I want to do my best so that I can demonstrate my strength. "
Regarding the batter who wants to play, pitcher Masataka Yoshida of Orix said, "I think that he is a batter who represents the ball world and has few strikeouts. I want to do it. "
In addition, the uniform number was decided to be "16", which was assigned by pitcher Yusei Kikuchi, who is the same left pitcher who is currently active in the major leagues.
Director Hatsuhiko Tsuji said, "I believe that the members here will play an active role in carrying Seibu on their backs in the future."
New players will be jointly trained from the beginning of the year to prepare for the spring camp starting in February next year.