The application period for Free Agents (FA) qualified this season to exercise their rights expired on the 4th.

Yakult Yasuhiro Ogawa (30), who had been reflecting, informed the team of his intention to exercise FA rights. The “FA Declared Player” will be announced on the 5th and the negotiations will be adjourned from the 6th.

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Ogawa, who had been concerned, finally gave an answer on the application deadline. After the voluntary training at Jingu Gaien, it appears that he spoke with the team executives for about 30 minutes and communicated directly to them his intention to exercise the FA right. Through the baseball team, “I want to convince myself whether or not to stay, and connect it with my baseball life starting next year. In order to play baseball to the fullest, I think caring now will be one of my assets. Thank you. . “The comment was announced.

This season, he maintained the rotation and scored 10 victories at the top of the team, which was the first double-digit victory in 5 years. Residual negotiations were taking place with the team since mid-season. On the other hand, there was also a desire to “hear the evaluations of other teams”, so I was reflecting.

The team is believed to have offered a large contract totaling 750 million yen over four years, representing a significant increase from the estimated annual salary of 90 million yen this season. By declaring it, the conditions will be left blank once, but the negotiations will continue. General manager Junji Ogawa said: “It’s better to stay on the statement anyway. On the other hand, the team did their best to keep it, so it’s up to the person themselves. The team just waits.” did.