A one-on-one trade between giant Kazuto Taguchi (25) and Yakult infielder Hirooka Taishi (23) was completed on Day 1. The trade between the two teams has been about 44 years since pitchers Keishi Asano and Makoto Kurata from Yakult in December 1976. The entrenched state of the world ball trade kicks in and professional baseball becomes interesting.

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Yakult’s starting ERA last season was 4.83, the only 4-point ERA in the Central League. There is an urgent need to rebuild pitchers to return, but the starting rotation has not been resolved.

Ogawa will be the opening pitcher, and Ishikawa will also be decided unofficially. Takanashi and Suarez are also influential. Okugawa, who is in his second year, is adjusting at a slow pace due to the fact that he broke his right elbow last season. Terashima, Hara, Takahashi, Kanakubo and others, who will start in the starting lineup this season, will compete for the remaining slots for first place in the draft, Kizawa, and second place, Yamano. Neither of them were able to appeal enough and they are missing four straight scrimmages. The game in which the starting lineup was boosted continued. Director Takatsu suggested that “the number of members competing for the starting lineup is not very good. I have to think a bit.”

Cy Sneed as a new foreign pitcher and former Softbank Van den Hurk in February. Due to immigration restrictions due to the corona epidemic, the merger perspective is not valid. On the last day of the camp, the commander felt a sense of crisis and said, “I cannot survive a season like this.” Taguchi holds the key to emerge as an immediate force.

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