As the trend of strong pitching and weak batting becomes stronger, will the batting trend become stronger in the future? Ryota Igarashi considers

Pacific League Insight

2025.3.11(火) 06:45

Ryota Igarashi ©PLM
Ryota Igarashi ©PLM

On March 10th (Mon), the official YouTube channel of Pacific League TV started live streaming of "Monday is also on Patere". "Monday is also on Patere" was started with the desire to create a time for professional baseball and Pacific League fans to enjoy themselves even on Mondays, when there are few games. Ryota Igarashi, who appeared in the first episode, shared his opinion on the current trend of "high pitching, low batting" in professional baseball.

During the question and answer session from viewers in the second half of the program, Satozaki Tomoya, Igarashi Ryota, Ginji, and Kaneko Yuji had a lively discussion about whether, while the team is said to have strong pitching and weak batting, it will become a team with strong batting in the future.

As the level of pitcher continues to rise, Ginji asked, "What should batters do to catch up with pitcher?" Igarashi replied, "The other day I had a chance to talk to Manager Nomura (Katsuya) about the kind of baseball he played, and he seemed to look at pitcher 's tendencies and narrow down the ball he was aiming for."

"Each player has different abilities and favorite pitches, so in today's baseball, players are often assigned according to their individual abilities, but in the past, the whole team worked to defeat one pitcher. I think this difference is big. If each player pursues their own ideal, they won't win, so they should approach the team's ideal to a certain extent. If this works well, I think it will lead to good baseball," he analyzed. Ginji also seemed to agree with this, saying, "I see...!"

LIVE broadcast program "Monday is also Pate-tele"
・Streaming date: Every Monday from 9pm (scheduled to be available until October during the season)
・Streaming destination: Pacific League TV official YouTube channel
・Cast: A pair of former professional baseball players will appear each week
(Ginji and Yuji Kaneko / GG Sato and guests / Ryota Igarashi and T-Okada / Motonobu Tanishige and Tomoya Satozaki)

Next week on the 17th (Monday), GG Sato and Toshiaki Imae will be appearing. Don't miss it!

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