On March 2, Tomoya Satozaki and Ryota Igarashi appeared on "Mondays at Patere-go Supported by FamilyMart" on the official YouTube channel of PERSOL Pacific League TV, and talked about the "guess men" for each team in 2026 Pacific League.

The game is on Monday, but there are few games on that Monday.

Monday also Patere-go" started last year with the aim of creating time for professional baseball and Pacific League fans to enjoy the Monday games, which are not often held. In this special edition, we will be showing "Watch out for my guesses! This is the player who will make Pacific League hot this season! Each team picked their "favorite player" from each team.

Igarashi mentioned Hiromi Ito and pitcher as his favorites for Hokkaido Nippon-Ham, and highly praised pitcher, saying, "There is no other as perfect as this one. What I liked about last year was that he pitched well in an important game against Fukuoka Softbank. He's consistent throughout the year, and he's good in this situation. I think he's one of the top three pitchers in Japan because he's consistent throughout the year and he's pitcher able to make the right decision at the right moment.

In response to this impassioned speech, Satosaki said, "I think he will be around for about five days in the middle of the year. Looking at the low evaluation of (Japanese players) moving to the Majors these days, I think that if they are pitching 6 or 7 days in the middle of the year, their evaluation there will go down as well, because they have been showing in Japan that they can adapt in the Majors (or their evaluation). （Since (Ito pitcher has) already shown what he can do complete game in 7 days, I think he will go to the next phase this year. I think they will go to the next phase this year.

Live Broadcast Program "Mondays at Patere
Distribution date: Every Monday from 9:00 p.m. (scheduled to continue until October during the season)
Destination: PERSOL Pacific League TV's official YouTube channel
Performers: Pro baseball alumni duo will appear on the show on a weekly basis.
(Ryota Igarashi & Sho Nakata / Ginji & Yuji Kaneko / GG Sato & T-Okada / Motonobu Tanishige & Tomoya Satosaki)