You have acquired a rookie king! !! Nobuhito Morishita (23) from Hiroshima was selected for the Best Newcomer in the Central League award. This is the team’s 10th feat since Ryo Ose in 2014. This season, the first year, he has been the starting rotation axis since the opening, starting in 18 games. With 10 wins (3 losses) at the top of the team, the defense index was 1.91, which was 2nd place in the league, and was far from the newcomer.

[Historia del primer año de Hiroshima Morishita]

◇ June 21 First professional starter in the DeNA party (Yokohama). Even a good pitch with 4 hits and no runs in the seventh inning didn’t win.

◇ On the 28th, he pitched 2/3 in the eighth inning in the China-Japan (Nagoya Dome) match and achieved his first professional win with 3 goals.

◇ July 10 Player registration was removed due to poor conditions.

◇ July 23 1 Return to the army.

◇ August 14 First professional full pitch and first full victory in the Hanshin (Kyocera Dome Osaka) match.

◇ October 24: In the game against DeNA (Yokohama), he won the second full pitch with 1 goal (0 points of own responsibility) in the ninth inning.

◇ November 1 In the China-Japan (Nagoya Dome) game, he hit a good no-run pitch in the eighth inning and won a double-digit victory for a newcomer to the team since Ryo Ose in 2014. A newcomer who has reached the prescribed number of pitches, a double-digit win, and a 1-point defense rate is a feat since Tsuneo Horiuchi (giant) in 1966.

◇ November 18 Received “Taiki’s Lifetime Most Valuable Player of the Month Award” in October and November. This is the first time in 22 years since Mikihide Kobayashi (April) in 1998 as a newcomer to the team.

◆ Nobuhito Morishita Born in Oita city on August 25, 1997 (Heisei 9). At Oita Sho, he entered Koshien Bank in the summer of 1 (without climbing). In the summer of 3, he pitched 10 times in the U18 World Cup and scored no goals. At Meidai, the league total is 15 wins and 12 losses. MVP in the 19th University Championship of Japan. He has been selected as Japan’s representative to the university for the third year in a row since the second year, and he won the Universiade in 2017 and the Harlem International Tournament in 2018. He joined Hiroshima in the draft 19. 180 cm, 76 kg. Right handed. The estimated annual salary for this season is 16 million yen.

◆ Rookie King Qualification Within 5 years of first registration as a controlled player, total results through the prior year are 30 innings for pitchers and 60 or less for hitters. Chosen by vote of a professional baseball reporter. Taira in the third year had a total of 24 innings until last season. This is the ninth new king in the third year onwards.