On the 5th, Orix Buffaloes infielder Koji Oshiro attended contract negotiations at the team's facility in Maishima, Osaka, and signed a contract for an annual salary of 40 million yen (estimated amount), maintaining his current salary. This season is the final year of the two-year contract he signed in the offseason of 2011. He has now signed a new one-year contract. "The moment I entered the room, I immediately signed. I was told that I should be someone who can protect the double playoff mix and pose a threat to the two players who are already regulars," he revealed.
In his 10th year as a professional, he has played 66 games as a specialist who can play both positions at a high level and has a .250 batting average. extra inning On June 14 against The Giants (Kyocera Dome Osaka), he celebrated his 32nd birthday in the best way possible, choosing Walk to push out walk-off with one out in the 11th bases loaded inning. Seibu Lions However, in his hometown return to Naha on July 1, he injured his left adductor muscle and had to be replaced in the middle of the game. The first time I played in the NBA, I was in the middle of a match against Naha on July 1, and I was replaced by a left adductor muscle injury.
He declared that he will be dieting this offseason, saying, "I want to lose weight and have a body that won't get injured." "If I say that (my goal), I have to do it. Like 500 grams (laughs). I can definitely lose the weight," he joked. In January of next year, he plans to train with Sugimoto and Nishino in Miyakojima, Okinawa. "I asked them to help me so that all three of us, the 'older guys' team of fielder, can build bodies that won't get injured," he said, drawing laughter from the press again.
"I think a one-year contract makes me feel even more compelled to work hard. As a team, I would like to go on another trip. A trip to Hawaii," he said, vowing in his unique way to win the championship for the first time in three years.
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