Interviews with officials revealed that Nobuhiro Matsuda, who has left professional baseball Softbank and has been aiming to continue his active career, has agreed in principle to join the giants.
39-year-old Matsuda has been active as a mainstay of SoftBank for many years, and has been popular for his performance of shouting "Atsuo" after hitting a home run, but this season in his 17th professional year, he has played 43 games. Opportunities for participation decreased significantly, and he finished with a batting average of 20%, 4 RBIs, and no home runs for the first time.
Matsuda left Softbank and, while aiming to continue playing, agreed in principle to join the giants, according to interviews with people involved.
It will be announced soon.
This season, the giants took the lead in April and made a maximum of "11" wins, but the captain and the center of offense and defense, Hayato Sakamoto, was injured one after another, and the season gradually stalled and finished the season in 4th place. After finishing, we missed the league championship for the second year in a row.
In addition to having experienced the league championship and Japan's number one with SoftBank many times, the addition of Matsuda, who has a fighting style of play, has boosted the vitality of the giants aiming for the league championship for the first time in three years and the number one in Japan for the first time in 11 years. attention will be paid to whether it will lead to