Rakuten, a professional baseball team, has announced that it will nominate right-handed pitcher Yasunori Shoji of Rikkyo University in first place at the draft meeting to be held on the 20th.
Rakuten held a scout meeting on the 18th with the participation of Kazuhisa Ishii, who also serves as general manager, and decided to nominate pitcher Shoji of Rikkyo University as the first place, and announced it to the press on the night of the 18th.
Pitcher Shoji is from Niigata Prefecture and is a 22-year-old fourth-year university student.
He is a right-handed pitcher who stands out at 1.88m tall and throws over 150kg with an angled straight.
At Niigata Meikoku High School, he did not participate in Koshien, and after entering Rikkyo University, he finally entered the bench from the spring league match in the third year due to the effects of injuries such as his right shoulder, and in the spring Tokyo Big 6 League match, 8 games. He pitched and achieved a good ERA of 1.72, and was selected as a member of the Japanese university team.
Rakuten's manager Ishii said, "He has very good ball power and breaking balls. He is a pitcher who has the ability to turn around in the starting lineup. He will build the foundation of the Eagles' starting lineup for a long time. I can expect it, ”said the reason why he decided to nominate 1st place.
The professional baseball draft meeting will be held in Tokyo on the 20th.