Professional baseball and giants have signed the registration of controlled players who can participate in the 1st Army match with the infielder Shoki Katsumata, who is a training player.
The 25-year-old Katsumata has a strong batting ability and joined Orix in 5th place in the draft from International Budo University in 2nd year of Reiwa. ..
After that, he contracted with the giant as a training player, and although he has not hit in 6 games in the 2nd army this season, he has a batting average of 20% 9 minutes and 3 home runs in the 3rd army.
On the 28th, the giant announced that he had registered as a controlled player who could participate in a match with Katsumata in the 1st Army.
His number was set to "92".
By the 27th, 77 giants, including the main players, had been infected with the new coronavirus, and the three consecutive battles with Chunichi scheduled for the 22nd of this month had been cancelled.
From the 29th, when the second half of the game begins, three consecutive games with DeNA are scheduled at Yokohama Stadium, but only Naoki Yoshikawa and Taishi Hirooka can participate in the game at this time among the infielders under control. , It is difficult to form a member.
Katsumata was enthusiastic, saying, "It's a tough situation for the team, but it's a unique opportunity for me, so I want to appeal to myself with desperation."