Camping for professional baseball and Yakult in Urasoe City, Okinawa Prefecture is the second day of the second course.
Yasunobu Okugawa, who is aiming for the opening pitcher in the third year, throws a changing ball for the first time with a bullpen and is showing good adjustments.
Pitcher Okugawa contributed to the league championship and the team's first in Japan in 20 years by winning 9 wins, which is the most in the team last year. is.
On the 6th, pitcher Okugawa entered the bullpen for the third time at this camp and threw 64 balls at the catcher who sat down.
Until now, pitcher Okugawa used to throw only straights with a bullpen, but on the 6th, he practiced pitching while interweaving curves and sliders for the first time.
In the bullpen, veteran Nori Aoki occasionally took the turn at bat, and while Shingo Takatsu was watching, he threw one ball at a time with a concentrated expression and showed good adjustments.
After practicing, Takatsu said, "It was the first day to throw a changing ball, so the condition will improve from now on. The straight was throwing a ball with a good rotation on the finger."