Masahiro Tanaka It’s finally time to “back off while calculating” – Professional Baseball: Nikkan Sports

Masahiro Tanaka (32), who returned to Rakuten for the first time in eight years, joined the 1st Army camp in Kin Town, Okinawa on the 6th, and adjusted with a different menu on the first day. After warming up, I digested the menu like ball catching and agility. “I feel like the tension changes just by wearing the team clothes. I feel like it’s finally over,” he said on the first day.

With the menu done, he appeared in the bullpen and watched the pitches from Hayakawa, the rookie from the first draft, and Nishiguchi, the right arm. “The whole pitching team. I wonder what kind of ball I’m throwing. I was inspired by the upbeat atmosphere,” he said. Regarding your own adjustments, you draw a plan in your own mind, saying, “I want to make a schedule myself and calculate backwards.”

I deepened exchanges with my teammates on the ground. Chat with Wakui. When asked about the content, he said, “I’ll tell you a normal story. Ask Mr. Wakui.” For the season when he will return to Japan for the first time in eight years, Masaru Tanaka said: “I want to win as many as possible for the team and work to become the best in Japan.”