Professional baseball team Hanshin has started fall practice at Koshien Stadium under the newly appointed manager Shofu Okada.
Hanshin's autumn practice was held at Koshien Stadium from 10:00 am on the 24th, and Director Okada gathered the players before the practice and told them their strengthening policy and goals.
One of the themes of manager Okada is to strengthen the infield defense, focusing on the two-play between the second and shortstops, and in practice, Ryo Watanabe, who was acquired from Nippon Ham in a trade, and Kai Ueda, who has been in the eighth year, are second. I was knocked at
On the other hand, six main players, including pitcher Akihiro Aoyagi, who won titles such as the most wins, and pitcher Yu Iwasaki, who made 28 saves as a suppressor, will not participate in the autumn practice. I was given instructions on how to prepare.
After practice, Okada took off his jumper in front of the press and showed off his number "80" jersey. did.
After that, regarding the position competition between the two games, "I want to narrow down the players to some extent in next month's autumn camp, including young players. Autumn is the time to improve the technical level, so we will focus on it, including the autumn camp." I talked to
Autumn practice at Koshien Stadium in Hanshin will continue until October 31st.