Masahiro Tanaka, a professional baseball and Rakuten pitcher, showed his desire to participate, and was included in the 30 members from the Japan national team coach Hideki Kuriyama for the WBC = World Baseball Classic to be held in March. I revealed that I had been contacted that it was not.
On the 25th, pitcher Tanaka released his voluntary training to the press at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi and responded to the interview after practice.
In this, pitcher Tanaka said, "Manager Kuriyama contacted me to the effect that he was not in the 30. I will watch the WBC and want to support him." I made it clear what I was told.
On the other hand, in his voluntary training, he was working on remodeling his pitching form for the new season, so he was checking the feel of 11 straight balls with the catcher sitting in the bullpen in the indoor practice field.
Pitcher Tanaka said, ``Since small changes weren't enough for the last two years, unless we make big changes, it won't be the same as last year. So it's going well."