Professional baseball and Softbank announced that they will acquire pitcher Ryo Akiyoshi, who belonged to Nippon Ham until last season.
33-year-old pitcher Akiyoshi joined Yakult in 2014 in 3rd place in the draft and played for Nippon-Ham from 2019.
He has been a middle reliever and closer, pitched in 379 games in the last eight years, 20 wins, 24 losses, 71 saves, 78 holds, and was selected to represent Japan in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. I did.
He had a free contract with Nippon-Ham in the off-season last year, and this season he played in the independent league, Fukui Nexus Elephant in the Japan Sea Ocean League.
In Softbank, relief pitcher Katsuki Matayoshi has left the team due to a broken right instep, and pitcher Yuito Mori, who has been holding back until last season, is not in good shape, and pitcher Akiyoshi has joined the relief team. It is expected to lead to.