Seibu Lions 's new foreign right-handed pitcher, Allan Winans (30), is expected to make his first-team debut, starting in the game against Nippon-Ham on the 16th or 17th (at Escon Stadium).

In the farm league, he has started three games so far, pitching 17 2/3 innings with 10 hit 3 runs (no earned runs). inning is in great form, scoring 27 struck out, surpassing the number of strike out, and boasts a 13.75 rate.

Manager Fumiya Nishiguchi, 53, also suggested that he will pitch somewhere next week, and since he threw 97 pitches in seven innings runs against Carminique in the Farm League Chunichi on April 9, he is likely to start either Saturday or Sunday.

The team, currently on a four-game winning streak—their first of the season—will be joined by a reliable right-handed pitcher.