Rakuten pitcher Masaru Fujii (29) attended contract negotiations at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi on the 19th and signed for 47 million yen, an increase of 10 million yen (estimated amount). At the press conference, he also announced that his second child, a boy, was born last month. Regarding his salary increase, he said with a smile, "The amount of diapers we use is pretty crazy, isn't it? I'll use it for diapers for my second child. I'll use it for my children (including my first child)."
This season, he pitched in 22 games, the same as last season, but win total went down from 11 to 6, and innings pitched went from 126 to 109 2/3. Looking at the entire pitcher staff, not a single pitcher threw the required innings pitched. "It was a year that left me with a lot of regret," he reflected, adding emphatically, "Next season, we'll all work together as one and do our best so that we can win as starters."
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