Hanshin, who is at the bottom of the Central League in professional baseball, will soon promote the pitcher Koyo Aoyagi, who was infected with the new coronavirus and was not appointed as the opening pitcher, to the 1st army and reorganize the starting rotation. became.
One of the challenges for Hanshin is to improve the pitchers who have been sluggish at the bottom of 1 win, 11 losses and 1 draw in the 13 games so far, and the team's ERA has dropped to the 5-point range.
Under these circumstances, on the 10th, pitcher Satoru Kanemura announced that he would promote Aoyagi and Aaron Wilkerson, a new foreigner, to the 1st Army and reorganize the starting rotation.
Of these, pitcher Aoyagi has the characteristic of having a ball that draws a unique trajectory from a poor sidearm, shining with the most wins and the highest win rate last season, and it was decided to serve as the opening pitcher this season.
However, in response to being infected with the new coronavirus last month, the 2nd army continued to make adjustments even after the opening, starting in the 2nd army battle with Hiroshima on the 8th, throwing 84 balls up to the 5th inning and concluding 2 goals. rice field.
Coach Kanamura is analyzing the cause of the slump in the pitchers, saying, "I don't want to do even one point." ) It will be noticed if it can be done.