Masahiro Tanaka, a pitcher of professional baseball and Rakuten, signed a new one-year contract on the 7th with an estimated annual salary of 475 million yen, which is a significant decrease from the estimated annual salary of 900 million yen, which was the highest in Japanese professional baseball.
In the 2022 season, the second year since returning to the Japanese baseball world, 34-year-old Tanaka pitched in 25 games with 9 wins and 12 losses and an ERA of 3.31.
Pitcher Tanaka, who finished a two-year contract with an estimated annual salary of 900 million yen, which is the highest amount in professional baseball in Japan, entered negotiations to renew his contract for the new season on the 7th. I signed a new one-year contract with 475 million yen plus piecework payment.
After that, pitcher Tanaka responded to an online interview about the two seasons since returning to Japan, saying, "4 wins in the first year and 9 wins in the second year, which did not meet the expectations of the team and the expectations of the fans. It's a betrayal. It was a bad season."
On top of that, regarding the new season, considering that it will be the 10th year since he won 24 consecutive wins and led Rakuten to the first team in Japan, he said, "The goal of being number one in Japan will definitely not change. The approach in the last two years. I want to change my mind and enter the camp in a perfect way."
In addition, he expressed his desire to participate in the WBC = World Baseball Classic, which will start in March, where some of the Japanese national team was announced on the 6th, saying, "I want to do my best in any role." .