Mr. Saburo and Mr. Kuroki return after a long absence
Lotte announced the coaching staff for next season on the 14th. With the appointment of Rihito Yoshii as the new manager, the system has also been revamped. As a new position, Mr. Hidekazu Mitsuyama, who joined Kintetsu at the same time as director Yoshii, will be appointed general coach of 1st and 2nd Army and general coordinator, and Mr. Makoto Kaneko, who retired from Nippon-Ham, he will be named strategic coach. With this announcement, the coaching staffs of all 12 NPB teams for next season have been completed.
The return of OB is also one after another. Saburo, who was a scout adviser in Rakuten, will be 2nd Army’s manager, and Tomohiro Kuroki, who was once known as “Soul Ace,” will return as 1st Army’s pitching coach after 16 years of retiring from active service in 2007 . .
In addition, Takahiro Matsunaga, who retired this season, was named the training pitching coach and Army’s second pitching coach.
