Orix Buffaloes On March 3, Taisuke Yamaoka pitcher revealed that he is practicing for the Sawamura Award change-up. The 10th-year pro right-hander, who made 41 appearances as a full-time reliever over the past 25 years, was reassigned to become a starter in the offseason. I think it's the strongest," he said, pledging to learn the fall pitch directly from Nippon-Ham coordinator Chihiro Kaneko, who won the Sawamura Award pitcher with Orix Buffaloes in 2002.

The ball has remained the same for 10 years. （It (pitch) has helped me, so I want to make use of it a little more." After the season, he decided to add a ball type that would accentuate his pronounced, vertical slider. He gave up on fork which he had initially set out to master, but got hooked on the fast change-up which he had learned from Kaneko during his Orix Buffaloes days. He said, "Straight throw with ring finger and middle finger. In January, during his voluntary training in Okinawa, he asked for advice from Otsu, who was a "straight" pitcher, Softbank Hawks, an improved version of change-up the one he taught himself, and developed his image.

On this day, he entered bullpen for the first time during the Miyazaki camp, throwing 45 pitches to catcher, including some new pitches. "It's a competition, so I'm going to try to get into the rotation, so I'll just hang in there somehow. I hope I can get results." In 2019, he won the title for the highest winning percentage with 13 wins and 4 losses. He will shine again on a brand new mound. (Nambu Shunta)