An exhibition game between Hanshin Tigers and Fukuoka Softbank will be held at Koshien on March 6th at 2 PM.

Fukuoka Softbank 's Ryoya Kurihara is a player to watch. This season, he has been appointed as the team's player representative and is also trying out catcher position again. However, in the preseason games so far, he has only managed one hit in nine At Bat over four games. In the game against Tokyo Yakult the previous day, he played catcher from the fifth inning, but his own error led to runs being scored against the team.

The last time he played catcher in regular season was in 2021. First, he needs to solidify defense, and at the same time, he wants to improve his batting performance.

Written by Kai Nagi Niwa