Orix Buffaloes On March 20, Tomoya Mori catcher participated in the 3rd Yume Dojo Dream Festa 2025, a baseball classroom hosted by his own personal trainer in Osaka City. This is the third consecutive off-year event, but this time it was held with active professional baseball players who are alumni of Toin Osaka. In addition to his colleague Kazuya Katsuki infielder, he was joined by Shintaro Fujinami pitcher of DeNA, Kyota Fujiwara outfielder of Lotte, Chunichi and Takashi Neo pitcher.

Mori said, "We talked about Toin together in the waiting room. It was fun to get together like this for the first time in a while," he said with a smile. Next season, Fujinami, who is one year his senior, is expected to play against him in an interchange game. I think he will probably try to play straight, so I'm going to make sure I can hit the ball hard. fastball Basically, I'm only going to aim for the straight edge," he declared. If the match is realized, it will be the first time since Mori Seibu Lions ・fired a Hanshin Tigers ・from Fujinami doble in 22 years. Fujinami responded, "I'm simply looking forward to it. He said, "I think it's nice to have alumni players after all, and I'm going to do my best once again," including other juniors.