Softbank Yuki Yanagita outfielder (37) signed a contract negotiation at the team's office in Fukuoka City on April 29, and signed for a salary of 370 million yen plus piece work, a 100 million yen decrease for the second consecutive year. He was out for an extended period of time this season, following last year, due to a bone bruise in his right hip bone. This is the third consecutive year that he has had his salary cut, after the 50 million yen cut in the 2011 offseason. As I imagined," he said, "I'm on the edge. I'm on the precipice.
Next season will be the final year of his seven-year contract. He is determined to "perform well enough to be considered for a contract beyond that." Since the offseason of 2019, when he signed his large contract, he had hinted at retiring when it expired, but he has since retracted the suggestion, saying, "I want to play if I can play with confidence." He had hit in all 11 games in the postseason, and declared, "I'm getting weaker, but I can still hit. My technique is improving."
His goal is to win the Comeback Player of the Year Award. This season, Chunichi, who was also born in 1988, won the award, and Maeda, who is from the same generation, also joined Rakuten. "Of course I'm looking forward to it. I just have to hit," he said, turning the award into motivation as he takes on his 16th year as a professional. (Ando Osamu)
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