Pitchers Yu Darvish and Hiroki Matsui of the Major League Baseball Padres practiced pitching against batters to get a feel for it at a camp being held in Arizona.
On the 16th, the Padres held pitching practice against batters at a training camp in Peoria, Arizona.
Pitcher Darvish and pitcher Matsui, who will be competing in the major leagues this season, also participated.Of these, pitcher Darvish threw 32 pitches, and there were times when he got a strikeout with a powerful ball with a maximum speed of around 153km/h, but the ball bounced once. It seemed like he was having trouble controlling his body, making a frustrated expression on his face.
Pitcher Darvish said, ``I was thinking of gradually increasing my output, but in the early going, I hooked up against right-handed batters and didn't feel right, so I was just thinking about making adjustments.''
In addition, he said, ``I'm glad that I was able to pitch without any pain.Next time, I want to prepare both physically and mentally by spending the day before pitching in a form similar to when I was a starter.'' .
Pitcher Matsui also pitched 25 pitches against key players such as Tatís Jr., the home run king three years ago, and Machado, who hit 30 home runs last season, and had two strikeouts. He showed his adjustment.
Pitcher Matsui said, ``I was so excited watching the members last night that I was nervous.I think it was a good first step to be able to pitch safely with top players in the at-bat.I decided that I would definitely not throw inside the course today. ''I looked back with a smile.
``Each player told me that they think it's more effective to throw straights higher, so I'd like to incorporate practice of aiming and throwing higher, which I haven't done much in Japan.'' I was talking about.