Kazuki Murabayashi, a 26-year-old professional baseball player who is expected to be a regular shortstop for Rakuten, arrived early to practice and swing his bat in order to improve his batting.

The 26-year-old Murabayashi, who is in his ninth year as a professional player, played in 98 games last season, the most in his career, with a batting average of .256, 77 hits, 32 RBIs, and 11 stolen bases, and is expected to be a regular shortstop. I am.



The challenge was batting, and Murabayashi was conscious of hitting the ball strongly in order to improve his batting average and slugging percentage during the camp, so he participated in practice early on the 8th and swung a bat.



Afterwards, the fielders' general practice was held at an indoor practice field due to rain and low temperatures, and the practice focused on batting in order to reduce travel time during practice.



Murabayashi first batted from the tee, then free batted, and finally batted against the machine.He had gained 3 kg during the off-season, and was conscious of the form that transmitted force from the hip joints, and from the early start to the whole practice, he batted intently. I was transferring money.



Murabayashi said, ``I'm conscious of the strength of my swing, but I was tired and exhausted today.However, I think I'm doing well despite being tired.The competition has begun, so I will participate in all games.'' I want to do what I can to make it happen," he said.