On the 26th, Lotte held their final work day at Zozo, and manager Saburo responded to interviews.

The coach, who has imposed Showa-style rigorous training on his players during fall practice and camp, looked ahead to the future: "We have learned that we can produce certain results when we practice pitcher quickly, both in terms of quantity and quality, so I want to continue to work on this as a team. I would like to continue to work on this as a team," he said. The team acquired 3 pitcher new assistants, Long of the former Royals, Castillo of the former Orioles, and Jackson of the former DeNA. We've got good reinforcements," he said with a nod.