Rakuten outfielder Yuya Ogo (29) attended contract negotiations at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi on the 27th and signed for 60 million yen, a 6 million yen reduction (all amounts are estimates). This season he played in 90 games with a batting average of .173, 12 RBI, and 2 Home Run. On September 15th against the Lotte Marines, he hit walk-off run, marking his 2,000th Home Run run for the team, but his performance fell short of last season, when he played every full inning in every game. "It ended up being a very disappointing season. I told the team that I have a strong desire to get revenge next year," he said, eager for revenge.
When asked about the most memorable game, he said, "The game I remember most is when my name wasn't in starting line-up. My number one goal this year was to starting line-up every game, so I was very disappointed." He cited the April 6th game against Lotte Marines, which ended his streak of consecutive starting line-up that had continued since last season. On the autographed card, he wrote "career high" as his goal for next season. "I have a strong desire to surpass all the numbers from previous seasons," he explained, adding, "As a team, we haven't finished higher than third since I joined the team (2019), so I want to perform well and contribute to the team so that we can achieve that career high."
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