Manager Tadahito Iguchi of professional baseball Lotte has indicated that pitcher Roki Sasaki, who has been deregistered as a player in the 1st army due to the crushing of his right middle finger, will not be pitched in the first half of the game.
On the other hand, he said about the All-Star game, "Because he was voted first in the fan vote, at least one person must throw."
Pitcher Sasaki has pitched in 13 games so far, with 6 wins and 1 loss and an earned run average of 1.48, and has taken 124 strikeouts at the top of the 12 teams. Due to the influence, I got off the mound four times.
After that, although his registration for the 1st Army was canceled, he accompanied the 1st Army and continued to make adjustments for the next pitch.
After the match on the 18th, manager Iguchi, who responded to the interview, revealed that pitcher Sasaki had practiced pitching twice with a bullpen after the deregistration. The blister hasn't recovered any more. I have to repeat the same thing on the next pitch, so I haven't planned to pitch before the all-star so far. " There is no prospect.
He added that he said of his first All-Star game in his third year as a pro, "I think I have to throw at least one person because I'm ranked number one in the fan vote."