On the third day of the professional baseball Rakuten camp held in Kin Town, Okinawa Prefecture, Toshiki Abe, who came from Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture, who joined from Chunichi as a trade, demonstrated his characteristic long-hitting power in batting practice.
Abe, 33 years old and in his eighth year as a professional, joined Chunichi in a trade with pitcher Hideaki Wakui.
He is a utility player who can protect the infield and outfield, and is expected to be a right-handed hitter with long-hitting power that Rakuten lacked.
On the third day of the camp, we had defensive practice in the morning. First, we moved to the left field, then moved to the infield and entered the second and first fields to play signs and check the coordination with the pitchers.
In the batting practice, I gave up my lunch break and went to a special practice with Hideto Asamura, who is the core of the team.
He batted while switching between two bats for about 50 minutes, and out of 114 balls, 19 hit over the outfield fence, 6 of which hit the back screen, demonstrating his characteristic long-hitting power.
In the evening, Abe made a live appearance on NHK Sendai Broadcasting Station's "Telemasamune" and said, "First of all, I want to do everything I can without getting hurt. I myself have no experience of winning, so I hope I can win at Rakuten." I spoke with enthusiasm.