◆Pre-season game Softbank Hawks Yakult (3rd, Mizuho PayPay)

Softbank Hawks pitcher Taiga Kamichatani successfully made an appeal to be included in the opening rotation.

Yugo Maeda, who was scheduled to start, avoids pitching due to illness. reliever The right-hander, who was scheduled to pitch in the first inning, was told on the morning of the day that he would be starting. breaking ball hit runs The 29-year-old, who joined the team from DeNA in the active draft in the offseason of 2012, said, "There are a lot of good pitcher players, but I'm not going to let them beat me. I couldn't help last year, so I hope I can this year.

During the press conference, he was also concerned about his nose, saying, "It seems to be sinusitis. It's caused by hay fever. My nose hurts." He looked distressed.