If the Tokyo Olympics are held as scheduled, the opening round of the baseball game will begin on July 28th. Therefore, at Sportiva, we asked a baseball critic with a keen perspective to select “the strongest SAMURAI JAPAN”. This time, Hitoki Iwase (former Chunichi), who holds the NPB record of 1002 games pitched and 407 saves, will appear.
The maximum number of Olympic baseball team members is 24, but Mr. Iwase has selected 19 players who “absolutely want you to choose.” Tetsuwan, who has pitched for more than 50 games for 15 consecutive years, has selected an unexpected left arm as a reliever.
Orix Yoshinobu Yamamoto is expected to be the ace of SAMURAI JAPAN at the Tokyo Olympics
[Starting pitcher]
Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Orix / right-handed right-handed)
Yudai Ohno (Chunichi / Left-handed left-handed)
Nobuhito Morishita (Hiroshima / Right-handed right-handed)
Yuya Yanagi (Chunichi / Right-handed right-handed)
[Middle forgiveness]
Hiroya Miyagi (Orix / Left-handed left-handed)
Ryoji Kuribayashi (Hiroshima / Right-handed right-handed)
Kaima Taira (Seibu / Right-handed left-handed)
Katsuki Matayoshi (Chunichi / Right-handed right-handed)
[Suppression]
Yuki Matsui (Rakuten / Left-handed left-handed)
Originally, Tomoyuki Sugano (giant) and Kodai Senga (Softbank) were supposed to be the starting lineup, but both of them suffered a breakdown. It is Yoshinobu Yamamoto who is in trouble if he does not work hard there. We have enough ability to have high expectations. His good point is that he has both the strength of the ball and the control of the ball. And after all, there is an absolute falling ball called a fork.
In the olden days, pitchers who were accepted at international competitions were often told that “horizontal change sliders are important.” But now I feel that the pitcher who has the ball that falls vertically is advantageous. After that, it would be great if you could use slow and fast with a ball type like a curve.
In that respect, Ohno has a two-seam that falls vertically. The only bottleneck is that there is no ball to bite into the left-handed batter, but as a former colleague of Chunichi, I would like to expect it.
Morishita has a curve that changes greatly in the vertical direction in addition to the falling change-up. It is also a high point that you are young and gaining momentum.
And I would like to strongly recommend willow, which is growing rapidly this season. The straight has become stronger, and both right-handed and left-handed batters are hitting a tough inside course. Originally he was a pitcher with good ball control, and now that he can compete in the strike zone, he is always attacked with a pitcher’s advantageous count. It is becoming a leading pitcher in Japan.
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