Professional baseball and Lotte announced that they have signed a contract to register under control so that they can participate in the games of the 1st army with Takahiro Matsunaga, a pitcher who is both a training player and a left-handed pitcher, and Daito Yamamoto, an outfielder with long hitting power. did.
In his 10th year as a professional, 34-year-old pitcher Matsunaga joined the team in 1st place in the draft from Osaka Gas in 2013, and has pitched in 359 games with the 1st Army, mainly as a middleman.
However, due to injury, he did not pitch in the 1st Army last season, and he was notified that he was out of force and signed a contract as a training player.
Pitcher Matsunaga commented, "I will work hard with the goal of being able to make it in time for the end of the season."
In addition, Yamamoto, a 19-year-old in his second year of high school, is an outfielder with a strong hitting power. I have a track record.
Yamamoto said, "I'm just happy. I'm full of gratitude to the people who have supported me so far. I've been given the right to play in the first team's game, so I'll do my best to become a force for the team as soon as possible. I want to go," he commented.
Matsunaga's jersey number has been decided as "28" as before, and Yamamoto's jersey number has been decided as "61".