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Hanshin Morishita of Chuo University nominated as the first place outfielder “A right-handed outfielder is absolutely necessary”

The “2022 Professional Baseball Draft Conference supported by Lipovitan D” was held at a hotel in Tokyo on the 20th, and 69 people were nominated for management and 57 people for training. This year, nine teams announced the first nomination, which was an unusual situation. Toshihiro Noguchi, a baseball commentator who has played for Yakult, Nippon-Ham, Hanshin, and DeNA, recalled, “Although there were no surprises, each team’s intentions were clear in the draft.”

The most exciting thing in this year’s draft was Shogo Takamatsu, who boasts a total of 68 home runs in high school, and Shogo Asano. As a result, Hara, the manager of the Giants, who had announced the fastest nomination for 12 teams, won the right to negotiate, and a period was hit in the negative history of 11 consecutive losses in the lottery.

Hanshin lost the lottery as Okada’s new manager’s “first job,” but Noguchi said, “I think the Tigers made the most notable draft.” Shota Morishita, an outfielder from Chuo University who is a “great outfielder”, was nominated as the first outfielder. After being given the right to discuss a right-handed hitter who is ready to fight, he pushed out the “training track” to nominate four high school students in a row from second place.

“In every important game this year, Hanshin suffered from being hit by left-handed pitchers from other teams. Manager Okada also talked a lot about right-handed hitters, so having the No. 1 slugger in college was a passing score. outfielder, Ryo Watanabe and Takahama were acquired from Nippon-Ham in a trade, so a right-handed outfielder was absolutely necessary. surprisingly big. think”