Lotte's professional baseball camp, which is being held on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, will enter its second season on the 7th, with pitcher Teru Otani, the second-place rookie in the draft who is known for his fastest fastball of 159km/h, taking the seat batting role. , he appealed with a powerful ball.

Rookie pitcher Otani was drafted second in last year's draft by the Toyama Thunderbirds of the independent league, and is a right-handed pitcher with a powerful fastball that can reach a maximum of 159km/h.



At Lotte, actual practice began on the 7th, the first day of the second season, and pitcher Ohtani pitched to bat with the intention of gathering fastballs in the strike zone.



He pitched 21 pitches against four batters, and although his first opponent, Fujiwara Kyodai, hit one hard hit, he showed off his unique characteristics by throwing fastballs that approached 150km/h and even inserting them. He appealed to the leaders by making use of his powerful ball.



On the other hand, with the quick motion that the third player tried, there were situations in which both fastballs and breaking balls were hit high, which left some issues to be solved.



Pitcher Otani said, ``I want to increase my output even more from now on. Even when batters came in, I was able to pitch as usual, but I felt like the pros were hitting with plenty of leeway. I hope that happens," he said.



Meanwhile, on the 7th, pitcher Haruya Tanaka, who is 19 years old and is in his second year as a pro and is expected to enter the starting rotation, also took to the plate batting and threw 20 pitches, mainly fastballs.



Since last year, pitcher Tanaka had been feeling an issue with the accuracy of his forkball as a deciding pitch, so after pitching, he asked Hideo Nomo, who was visiting him, for advice, and he taught him how to grip the ball.



Pitcher Tanaka said, ``I was grateful that I received accurate advice and was able to grow even in a short period of time.Last year's challenge was that I didn't have the ball to steal when I needed a whiff, so this year I want to be able to use my fork.'' We were talking.