On the 10th, Rakuten Eagles announced that hitting coach Koji Watanabe's number will be changed from '98' to '89'.
Mr. Watanabe has coached at Nippon-Ham for many years and was named hitting coach this season. At the time of his appointment, he was announced as number "89", but wore "98" this season, as number in Yahleh is now "89".
In addition, infield defense base running coach Masato Watanabe's number has also been decided as 83.
