Rakuten Eagles 's fifth-round draft pick, pitcher Taisei Ito (Reimei), showed off his physical strength on the first day of joint voluntary training for rookies, held at the indoor practice facility at Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi on the 8th.
The annual 20-meter shuttle run was held, and I recorded 126 times, the most among the 11 participants. I was happy, but it was tough. I did shuttle runs in high school, so I had some confidence," he said with a smile.
During his high school days, he trained by running back and forth between poles. "There was a lot of running in the winter, so I would run then," he recalled. "When I was in high school, a pitching coach came and taught me running and training methods. I've seen results. I think they'll be happy," he said with a smile.
A lefty with a fastest straight ball of 148 km/h and a sharp slider. I want to strengthen my legs and back because they are pitcher the most important part of my game. I will work hard to get promoted to the first team as soon as possible so that I can pitch in the team's rotation.
[Shuttle run records of new players]
▽ First draft pick Fujiwara will not participate
▽Second place: Itsuki Ito 93
▽Third place: Shigenaga 73
▽ 4th place: Daiei 121
▽5th place: Ito University 126
▽ 6th place: Kutani 101
▽7th place: Sakagami 101
▽ Development draft 1st pick: Horomura 83
▽Second place: Otsubo 71
▽Third place: Nakazawa 111
▽4th place: Kaneko 69
▽ 5th place: Shimabara 105
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