Lotte Marines appoint Soto as team captain! "We just have to win" - first foreign captain since Franco in 1998 | Pacific League

Soto becomes Lotte's team captain! "We just have to win" - Soto is the first foreign captain for the team since Franco in 1998.

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2026.1.30(金) 01:03

Lotte's Soto, who arrived in Japan on the 29th (provided by the team)

On the 30th, Lotte announced that infielder Neftalí Soto will become team captain.

Soto commented through the team, "I want to contribute as much as I can to the team's win and have the best season possible. We all have the goal of winning as a team, and we want to make sure we prepare well from the start of training camp. We have no choice but to win, for the team and the fans. We will all work hard towards win, and I want to make this a season in which everyone deserves to win."

▼ List of Lotte's past captains

1998: Julio Franco

2007-2009: Tomoya Satozaki

10th grade: Tsuyoshi Nishioka

2012: Toshiaki Imae

2013: Yukifumi Okada

2014-2017: Daichi Suzuki

21-23: Shogo Nakamura

25 years: Yudai Fujioka

26 years: Neftalí Soto