Seibu On March 31, Taiga Kojima catcher (22) of Meiji University, the No. 1 pick in the draft by the Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU), was greeted at the training camp of the school's hardball baseball team in Fuchu, Tokyo.
He played in all 10 games of the Tokyo Big Six University League this fall as the starting catcher, finishing with 16 hits At Bat 37 at-hit 1 Home Run RBI for a batting average of .432, third in the league, and contributed to the school's first championship in five seasons. He is right-handed pitcher left-handed hitter "catcher can hit." Team General Manager Hiroike also praised his batting sense, saying, "I've always thought it was great to see how he can get the timing right from the first pitch and hit the ball well. That said, professional pitcher are one or two levels higher. But I still got the impression that he can handle it, so I highly praised him."
Manager Nishiguchi, who visited on the day of the draft meeting, declared that Kojima will accompany the team to the first-team training camp next spring. Kojima declared, "I think this is a new start for me, so I want to become a player who can perform well in the first team and help The Lions win. I think I'm doing well physically, so I hope to continue to grow mentally and technically from here and be ready for January."
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