Rakuten pitcher Haruto Nakagomi (23) entered contract negotiations with Rakuten Mobile on the 1st and signed a contract for 10 million yen, maintaining his current salary (all amounts are estimates). In his first year this season, he missed out on making the opening day first team, but was registered for the first time on May 4th. He only pitched in seven games with the first team, but pitched in 41 games with the second team, gaining valuable experience.
In the second half of the season, I felt that I could closer hit right-handed batters," he said, "but when I went to slider and slider (to right-handed hitter), I often got stepped on in the farm. He will use this experience to improve his control to hit the hitter chest, saying, "I want to work toward next year so that I can throw a strong ball inside the right side (hitter) and left side (hitter) as well. He said he would like to be a player who can make at least 50 appearances every year.
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・ [Rakuten] Katsutoshi Tai who is determined to stay in the first team for a year and has his first appearance and first win of the season, signs for 7.5 million yen, an increase of 2 million yen.
・ [Lotte] Shunsuke Nakamori signs for 26 million yen, an increase of 10 million yen. His back pain has completely healed. Next season, he plans to be in the rotation if he's a starter, and win the title if he's reliever.
・ [Rakuten] Hikaru Ota, who has the highest stolen base prevention rate in the league, signs for 58 million yen, an increase of 1 million yen. He joined a rival as a free agent, but said, "I'll do what I have to do and compete."
・ [Rakuten] Despite the team's highest number of wins (7), "there are more important numbers to consider" -Tatsuki Koja, who signed with a 16.5 million yen increase to 39.5 million yen, is fully aware of his role
