Softbank Hawks 's new foreign player and pitcher for Taiwan in the WBC, Xu Ruoxi, felt confident in his form adjustments while pitch in bullpen at the Miyazaki camp on the 20th.

The 25-year-old right-hander is known as "Taiwan's treasure." In a live batting practice on the 11th, he allowed four hit to eight hitter. His maximum speed in the Taiwanese professional baseball is 158 km/h, but his maximum is only 148 km/h, so he has been working on correcting his form.

Manager Hiroki Kokubo, who watched bullpen pitch praised him, saying, "It was the best I've seen today. His pitches were strong. His form is returning to the good times he had in Taiwan."

Xu, who joined the team on a three-year contract worth 1.5 billion yen, will take part in Softbank Hawks 's Taiwan expedition starting on the 24th, and is scheduled to join the Taiwanese WBC team there. "In terms of form, I feel like I'm gradually becoming able to throw more smoothly. Little by little, it's starting to feel the same as it did in Taiwan. I'm always mentally prepared (for actual games)," he said.