Head coach Hideki Kuriyama of Japan's national team, who will face the WBC = World Baseball Classic next year, visited the United States on the 7th and inspected Seiya Suzuki of the Major League Baseball Cubs.
Director Kuriyama is visiting the United States to inspect the level of the major leagues and the players who are playing for the WBC, and on the 7th, the Cubs and Marlins, to which Suzuki, who played No. 4 for the Japanese national team at the Tokyo Olympics last year, belong. I watched the match of
Suzuki had no hits in four at bats, but Kuriyama, who was watching, said, "He's fast, he can hit long distances, and he can do anything, including defense. Coming to a new environment, I don't think it can be said that the current condition is good, but he is a player who will do something even when it is not good, so I wanted to see that kind of side.Personally, it was a good day." I was talking to
The WBC, which will be held in March next year, has announced the participation of major leaguers one after another, with Trout, the core of the Angels, serving as the captain of the American national team. I want to think about what to do," he said.
Kuriyama will continue to visit the major leagues in order to win his first championship in three tournaments.