◆Pre-season game Orix Buffaloes and Softbank Hawks (8th, Kyocera Dome Osaka)

Orix Buffaloes pitcher Daiki Tajima is aiming to be included in the opening rotation with a "super calm mind." In his first appearance in the exhibition game, he pitched three innings, allowing four hit and no runs. He looked at his issues, saying, "I want to check pitch form a little more carefully."

In a training game (Kyocera Dome Osaka) with the Japanese WBC team on the 2nd, he was perfect in two innings. I didn't judge whether it was good or bad, but looked at it with a neutral eye," he recalled calmly. struck out The first time I saw him, I thought, "I'm not going to be able to do anything about it," he said. It just so happened that hitter came around and it happened to be Otani," he stressed.

The left-handed pitcher is expected to play an active role as one of the starting pitchers. "My job is not to pitch well against Samurai Japan, but to finish the season, which is my goal this year. Every year, I play baseball every day so that I can improve even a little. I want to continue doing that," he said reassuringly.