Professional baseball Carp has announced that it will not sign contracts with six players next season, including infielder Tomohiro Abe, who has contributed to the Central League’s third straight victory since 2016.
Abe is 33 years old from Fukuoka prefecture. He is an infielder who throws right-handed and hits left-handed.
In the 2016 season, he participated in 115 games with a batting average of 20%, 8 minutes, and 2 minutes. contributed.
However, after that, the opportunities to participate decreased, and due to the effects of injuries this season, he did not have the opportunity to participate in the first army, and on the 22nd, the team informed him that he would not sign a contract for the next season.
Abe told reporters, “I feel like I’m lacking because I haven’t been able to seize opportunities. I still have a lot of movement, so I want to make this a new start.”
In addition to Abe, Yuta Shirahama (37), pitcher Yasunori Kikuchi (33), pitcher Ren Nakata (32), pitcher Sho Yamaguchi (23), and Norihiko Tanaka are veteran catchers who graduated from Koryo High School and are in their 19th year as a professional. The pitcher, 22, has announced that he will not be signing a contract for next season.
