Rakuten Eagles GM Kazuhisa Ishii (52) responded to an interview in Okinawa Prefecture on the 30th and expressed his expectations for new signing Chi Tanaka.
Rakuten Eagles The team acquired Sen Tanaka as compensation for Norimoto, who joined The Giants after exercising his overseas FA rights from the Ishii said of Tanaka Sen, whose fastball is in the 150-kilometer range and fork is a weapon: "He has a strong straight line. His velocity is a little lower than when he first debuted, but there are some factors that will improve his velocity. He also praised his vertical change, which is a strength that we don't have.
Tanaka Sen underwent right elbow cleaning surgery during the offseason of 2012 and did not pitch in the first team last year, but he made 36 appearances in the second team, posting ERA of 1.51. A right-handed pitcher whose weapons are a fastball in the 150 km/h range and a sharply dropping fork, Tanaka is a player with great potential and is expected to make great strides in his new environment.
Regarding how to utilize the new right-handed pitcher, GM Ishii said, "Basically, we have to look at his suitability, but based on our calculations, we wanted to strengthen our relief pitching, so we asked him to give it a try," indicating that the team is currently planning to use him as a relief pitcher.
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