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

Orix Buffaloes pitcher Daiki Tajima is aiming to make the opening day rotation with "extreme composure." In his first appearance in the preseason games, he pitched three innings, allowing four hit and no runs. He focused on areas for improvement, saying, "I want to make sure I'm checking pitch form more thoroughly."

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 a key role as a starter. "My job isn't to pitch well against Samurai Japan, but to complete the season, which is my goal this year. I play baseball every day so that I can improve even a little each year. I want to continue that," he said confidently.