Last season, Yakult's Munetaka Murakami, who hit 56 home runs, the most for a Japanese player in a professional baseball season, and won the Triple Crown as the youngest player in history, released his own training and said, "I won the league three times in a row and did not reach last year. I want to do my best to become the best in Japan,” he said enthusiastically.
22-year-old Murakami hit 56 home runs, the most by any Japanese player, in his fifth season last season. He shined and contributed to the team's consecutive league title, and was selected as the MVP = best player of the Central League for the second consecutive year.
On the 6th, on the ground adjacent to their home ground, Jingu Stadium, and indoor training grounds, the voluntary training was shown to the press, and they played catch with veteran Norichika Aoki and Yasutaka Shiomi, who joined the team at the same time. moved the
In addition, he practiced batting against a machine for the first time in this off-season, and showed a sharp swing while checking his form.
Regarding how he spends his time off, Murakami said, “I focused on training that focused on my core and flexibility. shook," he said.
Looking ahead to this season, he said, "Individually, I want to aim for a career high. As a team, I want to do my best to win the league title for the third time in a row, and to become number one in Japan, which I failed to achieve last year."