On the 24th, Samurai Japan's Lotte pitcher Atsuki Taneichi (27) entered bullpen at the Miyazaki training camp (Sunmarine Miyazaki) in preparation for the World Baseball Classic (WBC) to be held in March.

pitcher Although the temperature in Miyazaki was 12 degrees Celsius when the team warmed up, he adjusted in short sleeves and threw 21 pitches in front of his "advisor," Padres' Darvish, who was watching him. When he entered bullpen on the second day of training camp on the 15th, he had already marked his fastest speed of 150 km/h.

The right-hander has been participating since the first day of training camp on the 14th, but did not pitch in the send-off games against Softbank Hawks on the 22nd and 23rd. After the game on the 23rd, Ibata explained Taneichi's condition, "His pace is fast, so I think he would have pitched in the games on the 27th and 28th (against Chunichi). （I think he would have been in the game on the 27th and 28th (). He is not suffering from a strain or any other injury.