Orix announced on April 12 that it had greeted the University of Georgia's Kenny Ishikawa pitcher (21), the sixth overall pick in the draft, at the university on April 11 (10 local time). Ishikawa is a two-faced lefty from Hawaii, U.S.A., and has experience Koshien at Meishu Gakuen Hitachi. GM Fukura and his staff went to the U.S. and checked out pitch the practice sessions at bullpen and the red-and-white game he participated in as fielder. Ishikawa commented through the team, "It is one of the greatest honors in my life to have been selected by a Japanese professional baseball team like Orix. Orix The deadline for negotiations with the MLB is July 31 next year, and Ishikawa plans to wait for the MLB draft scheduled for mid-July to make a decision on his career path.
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