Yutaro Sugimoto, who won the first home run king at the age of 30 in professional baseball and Orix, has renewed his contract with an annual salary of 70 million yen, an increase of 56 million yen, which is estimated to be five times this season.

"I have no regrets about my contract renewal"

Sugimoto became a regular player for the first time in his sixth year, when he was 30 years old under the supervision of Satoshi Nakajima, who was instructed during the second military era.



In each case, he became the king of home runs for the first time when he hit a batting average of 30%, 83 RBIs, and 32 home runs.

On the 16th, Sugimoto negotiated a contract at a baseball team facility in Konohana-ku, Osaka, and renewed the contract with an estimated annual salary of 70 million yen, an increase of 56 million yen.



At the press conference, Sugimoto, a fan of Raoh, the character of the manga "Fist of the North Star," said, "I pushed the stamp while doing the" ascension pose "because my annual salary was too high. I have no regrets about my contract renewal." I imitated poses and lines and talked about joy.



On top of that, he said, "I haven't been able to get results in one army since I joined the team, but I'm grateful that the team signed a contract and gave me a chance to revenge. I'm very happy to get it because King Homerun was the title I dreamed of." Looking back on this season.



For next season, he said, "I've only been in one army for a year. I have a lot of rivals, but I want to be able to play in the game for a year without giving any regulars."