Masaki Saito and Tomotaka Sakaguchi, who appeared on "Professional baseball News 2026" broadcast on Fuji TV ONE on the 2nd, commented on Nippon-Ham 's starting pitchers.

This offseason, Pacific League the most wins Kohei Arihara from Softbank Hawks Hiromi Ito He is expected to be the axis of the starting lineup along with To both aces, there are many candidates for starters such as Koki Kitayama, Kota Tatsu, Sachiya Yamazaki, Takayuki Kato and Ren Fukushima.

Saito named Nippon Ham as a favorite to win the championship, saying, "pitcher with the most wins has left the winning team. Of course, there was a battle between Nippon-Ham and Softbank Hawks last year, and they took him from there, so I think Nippon-Ham Nippon-Ham will be the favorite to win this year."

Sakaguchi was also impressed, saying, "They're strong. They have a lot of young pitcher who are already good. The Fighters have a lot of great starting pitcher, and now they're adding pitcher who has 14 wins, so they've just adjusted to Japanese baseball again and are in good form. This team is strong, just look at the lineup."

☆ Cooperation: Fuji TV ONE "Professional baseball News 2026"