An exhibition game between Hanshin Tigers and Fukuoka Softbank will be held at Koshien from 2:00 p.m. on March 6th.

Fukuoka Softbank is looking to keep an eye on Ryoya Kurihara. This season, he is the new player's association president and is also trying out catcher position again. However, in the exhibition games so far, he has only had one hit in nine At Bat in four games. Also, in the previous day's game against Tokyo Yakult, he played catcher from the fifth inning, but his own error led to runs being scored.

The last time he played catcher in regular season was in 2021. First of all, he needs to solidify defense and also improve his batting.

Written by Kai Nagi Niwa