On the 20th, Rakuten Eagles announced the members of their spring training camp, which begins on February 1st.

Five rookie players will start on the first team: first-round draft pitcher Satoshi Fujiwara (Hanazono University), second-round draft pitcher Itsuki Ito (Waseda University), third-round pitcher infielder (Chuo University), sixth-round draft pick Ru Kutani (Oji), and seventh-round draft outfielder Shoya Sakagami (Kindai University). Manager Hajime Miki expressed his expectations, saying, "This time, we have five rookies on the first team, including first-round draft pick Fujiwara, and I hope these young players will continue to make an impression."

pitcher Kenta Maeda, who returned to Japan for the first time in 11 years, and new foreign players will also start in the first team. The player pool is getting deeper, and the competition is intensifying. The manager said with enthusiasm, "I have high expectations for all the players, and I want them to be conscious of their own game and compete. I can't wait to play baseball with the players in jersey."

▽First-string members

[pitcher (23)]

Fujiwara, S., Contreras, Tatsuki Koja, Kosha, I., Kosei Shoji, K., Haruto Nakagomi, Y., Masahiro Ehara, Ren Kajiya, H., Shoma Fujihira Masaru Fujii R., Fujihira, N., Fujii, S., Masaya Nishigaki, M., Tsurusaki, T., Hito, N., Takinaka, R., Katsutoshi Tai, K., Nishiguchi, N., Naoto Nishiguchi, Yuki Hayashi, Ryuta Konno, R., Seiya Ouchi, S., Uchi Seiryu

[catcher (4 people)]

Hikaru Ota, Kengo Horiuchi, Tsuyoshi Ishihara, and Kei Mizukami

[infielder (11 players)]

Hiroto Kobukata, Rui Muneyama, Hideto Asamura, Itsuki Murabayashi, Daichi Suzuki, Voight, Fumiya Kurokawa, Akira Shigenaga, Ryuya Taira, Daiki Irie, and Kohiro Komori

[outfielder (9 players)]

Ryosuke Tatsumi, R., Gonzalez, Daisuke Nakashima, Naoki Sato McCusker, N. Sato, S. Sakagami, Atsuki Muto, Yuya Ogo, Soshi Yoshino

▽ Second team members

[pitcher (15)]

Takayuki Kishi, Takahisa Hayakawa Tomohito Sakai Shota Watanabe, Chia-Hao Sung Haruto Sakai, Wataru Karashima Sora Suzuki, Kosei Koga Karashima, Daichi Shibata Shibata, Daisei Ito, Kazuto Tokuyama, Takuma Matsuda, Takuma Nakazawa, and Qi Xiao

[catcher (5 people)]

Hikaru Ito, Takaya Tanaka, YG Yasuda, Toshiya Oei, Taiga Shimabara

[infielder (7 players)]

Yoshiaki Watanabe, Yukiya Ito, Waters, Takumi Aono, Po Hsiang Yang, Yuya Kishimoto, Kyosuke Kaneko

[outfielder (5)]

Kazuki Tanaka, Tsubasa Yoshino, Ginji Maeda, Mayuta Horomura, and Azusa Otsubo