[Nippon-Ham] Kohei Arihara enters bullpen for the second time. He pitches 25 pitches with catcher sitting for the first time, "slower than last year."

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Nippon-Ham Kohei Arihara practices pitch while pitcher coordinator Kaneko looks on from behind (photographer: Haruki Kawakami)

Nippon-Ham ・ Kohei Arihara pitcher (33) made his second bullpen start of camp this camp in Nago, Okinawa, on March 15. For the first time, he sat catcher down and threw a total of 25 straight balls and two seam fastball pitches. The first time he sat down for the first time, he threw a total of 25 pitches, including straight balls and pitches. Last season, he Softbank Hawks started the season pitcher but went 7 runs in 7 lose pitcher innings and didn't win any of his four games since the season opener. Last year, I was in better shape at this time of the year, but I didn't get into the season opener well. I'm going to take it slower than last year," he said.

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[Nippon-Ham] Kohei Arihara enters bullpen for the second time. He pitches 25 pitches with catcher sitting for the first time, "slower than last year."