Xu Ruoxi, a member of the Taiwanese national team for the World Baseball Classic, who Softbank Hawks acquired on a three-year contract worth 1.5 billion yen, took the mound for the first time in a live game at the Miyazaki training camp on the 11th. He threw 20 pitches to eight hitter, allowing four hit, including consecutive hits by Japan's Makihara and Kondo. While the Taiwanese professional baseball 's maximum speed is 158 km/h, on this day it was 148 km/h. Manager Hiroki Kokubo said, "We're currently working on solidifying our form, so we won't be evaluating him right now. We're looking for areas where we can put our strengths in."

The 25-year-old right-hander is known as "Taiwan's treasure." He said, "I'm still in the adjustment stage. fastball feels good, but my control is an issue."