Masahiro Tanaka is also a major player in ball distribution “Intention” felt by Rakuten catchers “I think batters dislike” | Full-Count

“A pitcher who has never been conscious may change when he sees Mr. Tanaka.”

Masahiro Tanaka, who returned to Rakuten for the first time in eight years, entered the bullpen for the fifth time at the Kin camp in Okinawa on the 17th and threw 36 balls. Finally, in the practice game (Kin) with Nippon-Ham on the 20th, which will be the first actual pitching of this season, we will show a part of “New Mar” who added the experience value of 7 major years.

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Masaru Tanaka has been in the bullpen four times in the past and has teamed up once with all four catchers participating in the 1st Army camp. This day is the second combination of Hikari Ota, who wore a mask in 67 games, the most in the team last season, and the first bullpen on the 7th. Tanaka-Ota’s “Bakusho Mondai Battery” is becoming more and more popular.

“Mr. Tanaka has the intention of throwing each ball with a bullpen and throws it with a strong image. That is also transmitted to the catcher,” Ota recalls.

Ma himself is not the same pitching style as eight years ago, when he led Rakuten to the league title and the best in Japan with his superhuman activity of 24-0. Ota had many conversations with Masahiro Tanaka at the bullpen and the dining venue of the dormitory, and came to feel that it was “different from the mainstream attack method in Japan.” In the actual battle, “I would like to try the assembly that Mr. Tanaka came to in the United States first and see the reaction of the opponent batter. Probably, I think that the batter will hate it because he will be attacking something that he has not experienced so much.” To tell.

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