Players who became free contracts from professional baseball teams were announced on the 2nd, and giant pitcher Shun Yamaguchi and players such as Glacial and Despaigne, who were active as core players of Softbank, became free contracts.
On the 2nd, a list of pending players who are expected to sign contracts with 12 professional baseball teams next season and 151 players who have become free contracts outside of it were announced.
Among the players who became free contracts, 35-year-old pitcher Yamaguchi returned to the Giants from the major leagues in the middle of last season, but this season he only pitched in one game and was announced as out of force in October. rice field.
According to officials, Yamaguchi hopes to continue playing.
In addition, Nippon-Ham pitcher Chihiro Kaneko
and Ryosuke Hirata, who played for Chunichi for 17 years, have also signed free contracts.
Both want to continue working.
Foreign players include Despaigne
, who hit a total of 184 homeruns in 3 years at Lotte and 6 years at Softbank, and
Graciar
, who played for 5 years at
Softbank
. Pitcher McGuff, who hopes to return to the major leagues, has become a free contract.