Orix Buffaloes manager Mamoru Kishida emphasized the importance of being "one team" at the Miyazaki camp.

He announced the members as Groups A and B, but smiled as he said, "They're divided, but the only difference is that they sleep in different places..." The main stadium, SOKKEN Stadium, and the secondary stadium, Kiyotake No. 2 Stadium, are adjacent to each other. "We'll be all practicing together from the first day. We're one team, and we'll all do it together," he emphasized. He also mentioned the remaining members of the Maishima team, including Udagawa, who has just recovered from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow. "Depending on their condition, they'll be able to pitch (in a real game)," he said, with the intention of having them join up midway through the training, subject to certain conditions.