On the 14th, Softbank Hawks 's CBO, Jojima, held a press conference to summarise his observation of the Miyazaki training camp. Afterwards, he jokingly complained that no questions were asked about catcher this year, saying, "Wait a minute. Last year, I was constantly asked about catcher. That's not fair, just listening to what they had to say. Last year, Kai left (as a free agent), and I was asking about how it was going at the start of the season..." He continued, "Not just Umino, but catcher worked hard, and the team won the championship with results not much different from when Kai was there. And they didn't say anything. That's not fair. Our organisation has properly cleared the issues, hasn't it?", emphasising the team's success once again.