Nippon-Ham made "pinpoint" reinforcements in the active player draft.

Nippon-Ham is a team relief ERA 2.45, but the absolute win formula was not established, with Seigi Tanaka, Yukiya Saito, Taisho Tamai, Yanagawa, Ryusei Kawano, Nao Miyanishi, Kenta Uehara and others, who were in good shape pitcher at the time, being used in a winning pattern.

Among them, The Giants selected Taiki Kikuchi in the active player draft. Kikuchi joined The Giants in 2021 as the 6th pick in the developmental draft, and was registered as a regular player in 2022, appearing in 50 games in 2023. In 2024, he appeared in 36 games in the farm league and recorded ERA of 1.00, but did not appear in the first team and was relegated to the developmental league. He was reinstated as a regular player midway through this season and appeared in 7 games in the first team with ERA of 1.80.

What stands out is his high strike out rate. This season, he has pitched 10 innings in 7 games in the first team, recording 16 strike out strike out rate of 14.40. In the farm team, he pitched 50 innings, recording 54 strike out for strike out rate of 9.72. Kikuchi's career strike out strike out in the first team is an astonishing 10.99.

In the last two years, he has shown stable pitch on the farm, but he has not had a chance to pitch in the first team. Pay attention to the right-hander, who has the potential to break through in a new world.