Happy hands behind the Lohas acquisition! ?? It turned out that Mel Rojas Jr., a 30-year-old outfielder from South Korea KT, who struck a blanket deal with Hanshin, and Sands, who will be in his second year as a tiger next season, have a family relationship. Mr. and Mrs. Sands, vice president and general manager of the Tanimoto baseball team, said: “It seems that Mr. and Mrs. Sands were quite close to Mr. and Mrs. Rojas. I went to pick them up at a large-scale battle “, and revealed that they made full use of their own information network to acquire them.

Sands has been playing in South Korea since 2018, and at 19 he won first place with Kium. On the other hand, Rojas moved to the Korean baseball world since the middle of the 2017 season, and this season he won as top scorer and point guard hitting king in KT, and also won the MVP. Although the teams they belong to are different, the truth is that there was a strong connection between the two people of the same generation who followed the same path from the United States to South Korea. The tiger helper network has become a key point in controlling the battle between Japan, the United States, and South Korea.

The announcement of the acquisition of switch hitters from the Republic of Dominica is just around the corner. In the United States, Rojas’ annual salary for this season is 1.5 million dollars (about 158 ​​million yen), the contract with Hanshin is a total of 5 million dollars (about 525 million yen) for two years, and the maximum payment for piecework is $ 500,000 (about 158 ​​million yen). It was reported to be 52.5 million yen each), and Vice President Tanimoto also said the negotiations were “the final stage.” If there is a senior Sands who has been proud of Tatejima’s unmatched competitiveness since first year, Lohas is safe too. The Dotting King combination of the 19-20s from Korea will be the core of the tiger’s fierce batting line.[Satoshi Masui]