Seiya Suzuki, a professional baseball player from Hiroshima, talked with the baseball team on the 16th and announced his intention to challenge the major leagues using the posting system. The team also respects the intentions of the individual and accepts the major league challenge.
Suzuki has expressed his willingness to challenge the major leagues, saying, “I want to challenge if there is a timing,” and on the afternoon of the 16th, I talked with the baseball team executives at the baseball team office in Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima City and entered the major leagues. It means that he expressed his intention to take on the challenge.
Suzuki, who is 27 years old in his 9th year as a professional player, has not yet acquired the rights of FA = free agent to transfer overseas, so he must use the posting system of the bidding system to transfer to the major leagues.
The team will respect Suzuki’s intentions and allow big league challenges using the posting system.
Suzuki, who responded to the interview after this, explained the reason why he decided to challenge the major league baseball, “I had a strong intention and I had a challenge to the majors to improve my level. I thought that I came to that stage, so the team I was told that I would like to challenge. “
In the discussion on the 16th, the team said, “I want to fulfill the dreams of the players who contributed to the team.” Suzuki said, “I’m really grateful. The posting system is not approved by the team.” I can’t take on the challenge, so various people can cooperate and take on the challenge. I want to be prepared for it. “
Active in WBC and Tokyo Olympics as a representative of Japan
Seiya Suzuki is 27 years old from Tokyo.
From the 1st year, he gained experience by participating in 1st army games, and in 2016, in the 4th year, he participated in 129 games and hit 156 hits and 29 home runs. The talent has blossomed, such as being described as “Teruru”.
After that, he supported the team as a mainstay with batting that combines technology and power, and shined with the top batter who became the first title and the highest on-base percentage.
In addition to being selected as the best nine as a strong outfielder for the fifth consecutive year, he also won the Golden Glove Award four times.
In addition, he played an active part in the WBC = World Baseball Classic and the adult Premier12 four years ago as a representative of Japan, and also participated in all games at the Tokyo Olympics this year in 4th place, winning the first gold medal. Contributed.
This season, his ninth year as a professional player, he won the top batting average with a batting average of 30%, 1 minute and 7 minutes, and the highest on-base percentage with a batting average of 40%, 3 minutes and 3 minutes.
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On top of that, “I think Seiya Suzuki could do it even if he went to major league baseball, and I felt that fans wanted to take on the challenge, so I would like him to take on the challenge when such an opportunity comes. I was there. “
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