Tadahito Iguchi, the manager of professional baseball and Lotte, said about pitcher Aki Sasaki, who canceled his registration for the first army in consideration of fatigue, "I don't know if I will throw during the regular season or not, but I will throw one more time. I think it would be nice to be able to do it, ”he said, showing the prospects for his future pitching.
Pitcher Sasaki started the match against Nippon-Ham on the 14th of this month after 11 days in the middle, and scored his 9th win with no goals scored in 5 innings.
In that game, the number of pitches was 58, which was the lowest since he became a professional, but the leaders canceled the participation registration of the 1st army on the 15th in order to leave pitching intervals in consideration of pitcher Sasaki's fatigue.
Manager Iguchi said, "My recovery is slowing down. I think I'm tired from the past year, and I don't know if I should throw or not, but I hope I can throw one more time during the season. I think," he said, showing the prospect that pitcher Sasaki will pitch one more game in the remaining 13 games of the regular season.
Pitcher Sasaki, who is in his third year as a professional, has so far won nine wins, the most of his career, and expectations are high for his first double-digit victory.
From now on, he will accompany the 1st Army to continue coordination, and the earliest re-registration for the 1st Army will be on the 5th of this month.