[Seibu Lions] Draft pick #2 Hakua Iwaki Shota Hamaya to be sent back to the farm team for further adjustments. Manager Nishiguchi: "We want them to start over." | Pacific League

[Seibu Lions] Draft pick #2, Hakua Iwaki, and Shota Hamaya will be sent back to the farm team for further adjustments. Manager Nishiguchi: "We'll have them start over."

Sports Hochi

June 23, 2026 22:29

Seibu Lions Lions manager Fumiya Nishiguchi (Photo by Kazuki Ota)

◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles 8-4 Seibu Lions (23rd, Yamagata City)

Seibu Lions 's second-round draft pick, left-handed pitcher Shota Hamaya (Chuo University) Hakua Iwaki, have been sent back to the farm pitcher for further adjustments. Manager Nishiguchi revealed this after the game Rakuten Eagles on the 23rd, saying, "We'll have them start over."

Hamaya came in as the second pitcher in this game, throwing 40 pitches in 1 inning to hit 4 Walk 3 runs. In his previous appearance on the 22nd, against Rakuten Eagles (Tokyo Dome), Iwaki had shown a lack of form, coming in as the eighth pitcher from the 11th inning of extra inning with a one-run lead, and gave up a game-tying home run to Asamura.