On the 29th, pitcher Daisuke Chunichi Sobue (33) faced contract renewal negotiations at Nagoya Stadium and signed a shot for 70 million yen, an increase of 35 million yen.

This season, he pitched in 54 games, the most on the team, 2 wins, 3 saves, 28 holds and a defense rate of 1.79. With 30 retention points, he won the award for best relay pitcher for the first time.

After renewing the contract for about an hour, Sobue said: “(The amount) has increased. We talked, we agreed and signed.” He also told the team: “The middleman is a difficult job. I experienced everything from losing games to winning games. Every position is difficult. I wanted players who throw losing games to be evaluated.” He also revealed that he requested better treatment for relief pitchers.

By the 27th day of the second day of the renewal, Taku Kinoshita, Fukutani, and Fuku were on standby in an unusual situation. The Association of Professional Baseball Players of Japan sent a letter of protest to this situation on the 28th. It noted that the preliminary explanation of the evaluation method by the representative of Kato’s baseball team has changed and is insufficient, and that he has made a statement that gives the impression that you are not satisfied with the amount of money. When asked about a number of situations, Sobue, who signed an opportunity to duplicate, said: “I am here because I was convinced by the discussion.”

The team has calculated it and presented it to the players based on 120 games, using the usual evaluation method. He emphasized that the method of calculating the annual salary has not changed, although the evaluation has decreased due to the reduced number of games. The representative of Kato’s team said: “We will not add to the valuation part in the situation this year,” he said, specifying that it will eliminate the part that was added in the situation in the negotiations due to the decrease in income from the spread. of the new coronavirus infection. ..

For players other than the three standby players, we will offer a 25% reduction, which is strictly the limit of the reduction, such as when there is little activity in the 1st Army. In response to the fact that first-place draft pick Ishikawa Akira, who completed the contract renewal in the first year, also finished 14 games and 8 hits in the 1st Army, was renewed for 12.75 million yen, a decrease of 2.25 million yen without any circumstance.

In response to the attitude of the team this time, the players association complained that “the situation in which the relationship of trust between the players and the team cannot be maintained” was “vigorously protesting the words and actions of the representative. of the team, and request a sufficient explanation and a sincere consultation with the players of the same “. ..

(The amount is estimated)