Twins pitcher Kenta Maeda (32) has been revealed to be their first major starting pitcher. On the third pitch of this season’s open game, he showed no hits or runs in the fourth inning, and he showed a perfect pitch that took 5 strikeouts each time. After the game, Baldelli revealed that he had nominated Maeda as the starting pitcher.

In Japan, he was nominated as a starting pitcher for the first time in 10 years, his fourth year as a professional at Hiroshima, and experimented five times, but he was the first major player in his sixth year. Maeda said, “I’m very happy. I’m a little floating in the air. I wasn’t looking forward to the day that I could be the first pitcher since I came to the majors. It was a great honor for me to be nominated. But I’m incredibly happy.”

In the open game of the day, there was an error controlling the ball from 2 kills to 3rd Bogaerts on a walk, but in each inning, he controlled the type of ball he had as requested by the receiver. Straight balls, sliders, gears, two seams and curves are scattered around the center of the outside angle.

Looking back at the pitch, he said, “I still have a ball, a ball, and I have some mistakes, so I’m making corrections on that. I feel great, so I hope I can continue this.” I spoke with a brilliant expression.

From the second inning on, he pitched with a good pace with a three-way retreat and took the Red Sox batting line. In the fourth inning, he made a slow 70.3-mile (113 km) corner with a low outside angle and missed No. 4 Martinez. “I tried to throw a loose ball and the batter missed, so I think it’s important to challenge and throw more and more. I felt a good response.”

In this season’s open game, he has thrown a total of 9 innings in 3 games, 1 hit and no runs, 12 strikeouts and a great sense of stability. “I’ve had the best camp I’ve ever had, and I’m sure what happened last season, so I think I can continue the feeling that I had last year,” he said. I’m afraid that if the result is too good, I think it’s better to score next time. “