Nippon-Ham 'outfield defense base running coach, Hisaaki Morimoto, reported that he held an "outfielder."

By the 19th, he had updated his Instagram with the post, "This year we had outfielder meet-up with no latecomers," and added, "I wonder, even though we're always together, we never run out of things to talk about. These kids really have boundless energy!!" along with a crying-laughing emoji.

They posted hashtags such as "#meatisthebest" and seemed to enjoy the meat. They also shared a fun-looking group shot.

Players who have count were tagged and introduced. Participants included Ryota Isobata, Kengo Yoshida, Chusei Mannami, Shun Mizutani Mizutani, Daiki Asama, Yuma Imagawa, Kota Kota Yazawa, and Go Matsumoto, who has since transferred to The Giants. Followers were touched, saying things like, "You can really feel the great atmosphere," "I really love this group," and "I thought there was an actor in the group, but it's Asama-san, cool."