At last summer’s Olympics he hit a home run in Hamasta for the Dominican Republic.
Hanshin announced on the 15th that he had signed outfielder Johan Miesses to a player contract for next season. The shirt number was decided to be “55”. Although he has no experience in the majors, he had a .243 batting average and 140 home runs and 427 RBI in 793 minor games.
27-year-old Mieses from the Dominican Republic is 185 cm tall and weighs 120 kg. He played for the Dominican Republic at the Olympics last summer and helped win the bronze medal with a home run at Yokohama Stadium. For Hanshin, who suffers from lack of scoring ability, he’ll be a long-awaited cannon candidate.
〇Johann Mieses
“First of all, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Hanshin Tigers for giving me the opportunity to return to Japan. I will do my best to play for the team and look forward to seeing everyone in Japan!”
