Softbank Hawks ・Coach Yuki Kokubo raised expectations for Hsu Jo-Hsi (Xu Luoxi), who pitched well against Australia for the WBC Taiwan national team on the 5th. Check out the pitch content in Tokyo Dome with 2 hit and runs in 4 innings as a starter. "I've seen it, and if you can throw that much in a unique tension, you'll expect it too," he said.

The 25-year-old right-handed pitcher played for the Wei Chuan Dragons in the Taiwanese professional baseball league last season. Softbank Hawks succeeded in acquiring him with a massive three-year contract worth approximately 1.5 billion yen after a bidding war between Japan and the US. During the Miyazaki training camp, his pitching velocity was not improving, so he was working on correcting his pitching form.