Takumi Akiyama, a 13-year-old pitcher who won double-digit wins in professional baseball Hanshin for the second consecutive year until last season, entered the bullpen every day and made vigorous adjustments, "I want to mark 15 wins and win the most." Was shown.
The 30-year-old pitcher Akiyama is expected to be one of the starting pitchers this season, with 11 wins and 10 wins last season, marking the second consecutive double-digit win.
Pitcher Akiyama was appointed as the "captain of the day" on the 10th of the first day of the 3rd course, and in the morning voice, he was a teammate with the four-character idiom "Kendo Shigeki" that "a person who failed once gains momentum and rewinds". I told you.
He inspired his teammates, saying, "There are a lot of things that can be beaten or suppressed in a long season, but the result of fighting with the feeling of trying again leads to victory."
Pitcher Akiyama, who has been cherishing this word since high school, has been in the bullpen every day except for one day at this camp, and for 10 days he threw 73 balls around the straight with curves and sliders.
Pitcher Akiyama pitched with an awareness of actual battles, such as narrowing the course while assuming a count and throwing with quick motion.
Pitcher Akiyama said, "I'm firmly in the bullpen, so I want to train without injury. I definitely want to achieve a double-digit win for the third consecutive year, but I'm not ending with 10 or 11 wins, but I've marked 15 wins and won the most. I want to do it. "