On the 28th, Softbank Hawks held a "Play Ball Meeting" (staff meeting) in Fukuoka City, where about 80 staff members from the first to fourth teams gathered. They also confirmed the allocation of players for the training camp that begins on February 1st.

The A-team, equivalent to the first team, has been assembled with many starter to fill the void left by Arihara's transfer to Nippon-Ham. New import player Xu Ruoxi and third-year pro Yugo Maeda have been selected.

It has also been decided that, as in last year, an S group will be created, consisting mainly of veterans and mainstay players, who will join the team from February 14th. The allocation is as follows:

[Group A]

▽16 pitcher

Stewart Jr, Naoyuki Uwasawa, Yuki Tsumori, Hsu Jo-Hsi, Ryosuke Otsu, Ryusei Oe, Toshiya Nakamura, Shuto Ogata, Kazuki Sugiyama, Yugo Maeda, Yusuke Ito, Tomohisa Ozeki, Haru Matsumoto, Taiga Kamichatani, Hikaru Kimura, Armenta

▽17 fielder

Watanabe R., Kenta Tanigawara, Takashi Umino, Akira Kawase, Downs, Ryoya Kurihara, Yudai Shoji, Hirose R., Itua Ikhine, Tomoya Inoue, Isami Nomura, Ukyo Shuto, Tomoya Masaki Tatsuru Yanagimachi, Yanagimachi Yoshiyasu Sasakawa Y., Akihiro Y., and Keita Yamamoto

[Group B]

▽19 pitcher

Ryuta Inagawa, Gota Suzuki, Shunsuke Iwai, Oyama Ryo Oyama, Taisei Kimura, Kazuo Ono, Shunsuke Iwasaki, Kenichi Murata, Fuga Otake, Yuta Aihara, Koichiro Okada, Haruto Fujiwara, Ryusei Oya, Takuma Yamasaki, Chun-Wei Chang, Rodriguez, Nagamizu Keima, Kaito Uchino, Sardi

▽15 fielder

Yutaro Fujita, So Otomo, Soichiro Ishizuka, Takayoshi Takahashi, Yuki Yuki Hirose, Kyoshiro Sakura, Kyogo Yamashita, Kyogo Ayuma Nishio, Riku Ogata, Yuto Kawamura Ogata, Shuya Oizumi, Shuji Kuwahara Takahiro Suzuki Kota Sato

[Group S]

▽ Six pitcher

Nao Higashihama, Moinelo, Koya Fujii Fujii, Osuna, Hernandez, Yuki Matsumoto

▽ 7 fielder

Hiroki Minei, Hotaka Yamakawa, Kenta Imamiya, Akira Nakamura, Taisei Makihara, Kensuke Kondo, and Yuki Yanagita