Roberto Osuna, who joined the professional baseball team Lotte after marking a total of 155 saves in the major leagues, met on the 10th and stated his enthusiasm, "I want to contribute to the victory of the team with all my strength."
Osuna has a straight over 150km and a variety of changing balls, and in the major league, he made 38 saves in 2019 and won the title with the most saves, marking a total of 155 saves.
He broke his right elbow and has been playing in the Mexican League since last season.
On the 10th, Osuna, who came to Japan, had a press conference at ZOZO Marine Stadium in Chiba City and said, "I am very grateful for the opportunity to play in Japan. I think, so I want to do what I can and contribute to the team with all my strength. "
Lotte revealed that strengthening the relief team is an issue this season, and manager Tadahito Iguchi is thinking of appointing him as a middle reliever. I am very happy to have a proven pitcher. "
After that, he said, "I was throwing a wonderful ball with a bullpen today, so I will talk with him and throw it in the 2nd army once a weekend, and then have the 1st army throw it after the league resumes." I wanted to join.
In addition, Osuna's uniform number has been decided to be "42".