Rikkyo University pitcher Yasunori Shoji, who was nominated by Rakuten in the first place at the professional baseball draft meeting, agreed to join the team on the 9th and said, "I want to be a player who can contribute to the team."
Shoji is a right-handed pitcher with a height of 1m 88cm and a straight throw with a maximum speed of 154kg. Did.
Pitcher Shoji negotiated with the team with his parents at a hotel in Tokyo on the 9th, and both agreed to join the team with an estimated contract fee of 100 million yen and an annual salary of 16 million yen.
At a press conference, pitcher Shoji said, "I was asked to play for the team from my first year. Of course, I intend to do so, and I want to become a player who can contribute to the team's victory as soon as possible."
On top of that, regarding Rakuten's senior pitchers such as pitcher Masahiro Tanaka, he said, "I want to hear about physical conditions, technical aspects, and ways of thinking in detail. I want to learn life experiences from wonderful pitchers."