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Rakuten notifies Kazuhisa Makita and other 8 players that they are out of force. Right-handed catchers Sugawara, Adachi & Shimotsuma also | Full-Count

Makita joined Rakuten last year after working as a rookie king and major at Seibu in 2011.

On the 26th, Rakuten notified eight players, including Kazuhisa Makita, Shu Sugahara, Yuichi Adachi, and Takahiro Shimotsuma, that they were out of force. Of these, three players have been consulted for training contracts.

Makita, who throws his lower right hand, joined Seibu in 2010 from Nippon Express in 2nd place in the draft. In the first year, he pitched 55 games and made 22 saves to become the rookie king. Transferred to Padres in 2017 off and pitched in 27 games in the same year. Joined Rakuten with a two-year contract off 19 years. Last season, he pitched in 52 games and marked 22 holds. He pitched 17 games this season, 0 wins, 0 losses, 2 holds, and an ERA of 3.31. NPB has a total of 345 games, 55 wins, 51 losses, 27 saves, 78 holds, and an earned run average of 2.81.

Other outfielders were pitchers Shuichiro Hikichi and Yasumasa Fukumori, pitchers Hide Sugawara and Tomoki Sato who pitched 19 games in 2017, Yuichi Adachi who participated in 42 games last season, and Takahiro Shimotsuma who participated in 43 games last season. , Ko Shimozuru outfielder who participated in 67 games in 2018 during the Hiroshima era. Hikichi, Fukumori, and Sato are consulted for training contracts.

(Full-Count editorial department)

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