Giants announce the retirement of 6 coaches, including Shuichi Murata. All 3 of the 1st Army strikers will retire this season | Full-Count

Tetsuya Matsumoto 2nd Army Outfield Defense Base Running Coach

On the 6th, the Giants will be 1st Army batting coach, Shuichi Murata 1st Army batting and infield defense coach, Shigaku Yokokawa 1st Army batting coach, Kazunari Jitsumatsu 1st Army battery coach, Tetsuya Matsumoto 2nd Army outfield defense running coach, Takashi Goto 3rd. The military hitting coach has announced that he will retire at the end of the season.

Coach Murata has been the giant’s farm batting coach since 2019, and in 2021 he was the 1st Army fielder general coach, and this season he was the 1st Army batting and infield defense coach. Coach Yokokawa will be the 1st Army batting coach from a scorer this season. Coach Kim will be appointed as the 2nd army head coach in 2021 and will be the 1st army batting coach from this season. This season, when the team finished in 4th place, all three coaches who served as batting coaches in the 1st army will retire.

(Full-Count editorial department)