Nippon-Ham (Mizuki Hori pitcher) (27) vowed on the 14th to improve his pitching speed and get back into the first team. Last season, he pitched in 33 games in the farm, posting a ERA 1.65 record, but failed to produce any results in two games ERA 16.20. "My goal this year is to hit 153 kilometers," he said. He said, "My goal this year is to hit 153 km/h. Last year I hit 151 km/h (fastest). Last year, my fastest pitch was 151 km/h, and I always want to get closer to 150 km/h." He hopes to make a comeback by improving his pitch speed. He said, "Everyone (in the first team pitcher) is too fast. （Uehara-san (also a lefty) was fast, too. So even though the angle is a little different, I think I have to produce at least that much to get noticed in the farm.
This offseason, for the seventh consecutive year, he has been training with his mentor, Miyanishi, on his own. Under his mentor's supervision, he has been doing a grueling exercise called heat training, which involves alternating short bursts of high-intensity exercise with short breaks, pushing his body to its limits. "It's so hard, I really want to go home every time, but it's because of that that I can enter camp in good condition," he said, expressing his gratitude to his mentor and feeling the benefits.
This season marks the 10th year for the left-handed pitcher, who was drafted as the No. 1 in the 2016 draft. The talented pitcher, who was named Best reliever in 2021, said, "I think I'll be pitching early on in training camp, so I want to be ready for that. I was pitching well all last year, but I wasn't able to produce results in the first team, so I want to somehow keep up that form and produce results in the first team." The 27-year-old, who is following in the footsteps of his mentor, will be a piece of the puzzle for Shinjo-Ham to win the championship.
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