On the 11th, Rakuten outfielder Ryosuke Tatsumi spoke about his plans to challenge the majors through posting this offseason. He revealed that he had requested the team to do so during the season but was denied, explaining, "I feel like we're still in negotiations. My thoughts haven't changed." While continuing to discuss the matter, he said, "I think what I can do now is train hard," and worked up a sweat during batting practice and other activities during the fall training that began that day.
Tatsumi acquired domestic free agent rights in September of this year. Regarding exercising them, he said, "Right now I'm concentrating on training. I'm not really thinking about it."
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