The performance group training contract continued, now shut down, coaches keep changing, and on a large scale
On the 14th, the Giants announced the addition and change of uniform numbers for next season all at once. With 10 coaches, 17 pitchers, 1 catcher, 5 infielders and 9 outfielders, a total of 42 players have new uniform numbers. Outfielder Rui Okoye, who was acquired by Rakuten in an active draft, will be changed to “50”, and outfielder Takayuki Kajitani, who will reprise as a practice contract, will be changed from “13” to “005”.
Among the coaches, Hiroshi Okubo, a former batting coach of the 1st Army who returned from 1995 when he was in business, is “88 years old”, and Naohiro Suzuki, who returns for the first time in 4 years. same “82”.
In addition, Itaru Hashimoto, who returns to the field from public relations, is the 2nd Army’s outside defense and hits the “87” coach. Head coach Michihiro Ogasawara, who is again in charge of the 3rd Army, changed from “72” to “100”. Coach Ryota Wakiya, who will be in charge of the 3rd Army’s home defense from the scout, will be “104”.
In terms of players, a large number of player changes that become training contracts stand out. In addition to Kajitani’s 005, pitcher Yuki Takahashi will change from “47” to “012”, pitcher Ryuta Hirauchi will change from “11” to “019”, and outfielder Soichiro Tateoka will change from “39” to “039”.
As previously announced, outfielder Hisayoshi Nagano, who moved from Hiroshima, is the same number as when he was last drafted. Interior Nobuhiro Matsuda, who transferred from Softbank, is “23 years old”. And Okoye, who has been moved into the active draft, held a press conference on this day and announced that he would be “50”.
