Professional baseball giant Tatsunori Hara has announced that Kazuma Okamoto will replace Hayato Sakamoto as the team's captain next season.
At an event held at the Tokyo Dome on the 23rd to interact with Giants fans, Director Hara said, "For eight years, Hayato Sakamoto, who has taken on the role of captain and led the team, will be graduating from the post of captain. Instead of thinking about everything, I wanted to think a little more about individuals and let them fight easily,” he explained his intention.
It was announced that Kazuma Okamoto will serve as captain from next season.
At the age of 26, in his eighth year as a professional player, Okamoto was the home run king and RBI king for two consecutive years until last season, but this season he has fallen into a slump, with a batting average of 20%, 5 minutes and 2 rins, and 30 home runs. , RBI 82 is the lowest in the last five years when he became a regular player, and the team finished 4th and missed the championship for the second year in a row.
Okamoto strongly expressed his determination, saying, "This year, both the fans and us were very frustrated, so we will definitely win next year. Thank you for your support."
It was also announced that Naoki Yoshikawa would become the vice-captain, and Shosei Togo would become the pitcher-captain. increase.