Rakuten Eagles Rakuten Eagles reliever On April 23, Uchi Seiryu pitcher (23), a right-hander who pitched in 20 games as a starter in 2012, made his first start of the season against Lotte on April 19, and then made his first start of the season reliever and his first start of the season on April 20. He made his first start of the season on April 19 against the Lotte, but after that he hold was reassigned to the starting lineup several times, and in 25 appearances he posted a 3-5 record with one save and a 2.92 ERA ERA.

During camp in February, while training to become a starter, Coach Takashi Ishii pitcher told me to be prepared for a year in which I would be both a starter and reliever a starter," Uchi said. I wondered what would happen, but after the year was over, I was really grateful to have been used.

On a colored paper in which he wrote his goals for next season, he wrote "opening pitcher," and expressed his enthusiasm, saying, "I haven't been told anything about it yet, but of course it's my own will to always be a starter, and I want to train during the off-season with the goal of being the opening pitcher in mind, and I want to start camp when I get there."