Rakuten Eagles On the 2nd, Masaru Fujii pitcher (29) set a quota of "1,000 pitches" to be thrown during the camp. The left-hander, who threw 133 pitches in a row bullpen, said, "I threw while checking the feeling of the curve and change-up. Throw and throw hard, and let it seep into my body," he said, revealing his aim to improve the reproducibility of his ideal pitch form.

This season, Maeda, who has a total of 165 wins in Japan and the US, has joined the team, and with veterans Kishi, Hayakawa, Shoji, Kosha, Contreras, Takinaka, first-round draft pick Fujiwara, second-round draft pick Ito, and young players Uchi also aiming to make the rotation, the competition is intensifying. Fujii, who won six games last season, is not safe either, and he expressed his fighting spirit, saying, "I think my strengths are different from others in some ways, so I want to keep that in mind and do my best to compete for a spot in the rotation."

The left-handed pitcher, who broke out in 2012 with 11 wins, expressed his awareness, saying, "I was able to win double digits thanks to the support of my batting lineup.This year, I want to help the team win."