Open game Hanshin 4-9 Giants (February 23, 2024 Cellular Naha)
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It was anything but a “hot” talk. Hanshin’s Yuasa, pitching in the 7th inning, allowed 4 hits and 2 runs in 1 inning. Coach Okada, unable to see his right-hander’s condition improve after giving up three hits and a run in the first inning against the Reds and Whites in ’11, his first game this spring, decided to demote him to the second team. “Starting tomorrow I’m going to play second team.” I said (to pitching coach Ando) as I was pitching, ”I can’t do this.” I’ve been saying that forever, so I have to start over in so many ways, one more time. ”. He called for a fundamental reconstruction, rather than a time-limited readjustment.
The right-handed pitcher, named the best middle pitcher in 2022, pitched in just 15 games last season. Although there are high expectations on him as a “new force” for consecutive championships, his condition has not improved. First, Matsubara had three straight hits, with no outs and the bases loaded, and Hagio followed with a hit, but Nakata hit a two-run hit ahead of Nakamae. Also, in a scene with two outs and the bases loaded, he hit Akihiro with a fork, but never hit a fastball, which is common when he was doing well. The coach said: “Because you are worse than last year. You are bad at handling the ball. You are worse than when you returned from the WBC (last March). You didn’t even get a whiff in a Even in the match against Hiroshima (on the 18th) didn’t keep going and snorted,” he said harshly.
Kajiya, the same reliever who pitched from the fourth inning, Ishii, Hamachi and Kirishiki, who pitched after Yuasa, all pitched a complete inning. Yuasa’s poor performance was evident, and pitching coach Ando said, “It’s better to start over on the farm. If things continue the way they are now, it will be difficult for him to be in the first team.”
The season starts in about a month. The words of the leaders are precisely because they value their original abilities highly. “I don’t have a bad feeling in my fingertips, so I only use the lower body. I think it will get better if I use the whole body in shape,” Yuasa said. I couldn’t wait to find the shine again. (Shohei Ishizaki)
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