Masanao Yoshida, who wants to challenge the major league in professional baseball and Orix, has revealed that the team has accepted the transfer using the posting system.
Yoshida, who hits the center of Orix, told the team on the 3rd of this month that he would like to challenge the major league using the posting system.
If you want to transfer to the major leagues using the posting system, you will need the consent of the team, but Orix will accept Yoshida’s wishes on the 17th and will start the application procedure in the future.
General Manager Junichi Fukura said, “I would like him to stay on the team, but I thought that Yoshida’s baseball life and his thoughts should be respected. I decided to allow him considering his contribution to the team so far.” I’m talking to
On the other hand, Yoshida commented, “I am truly grateful to the team for respecting my desire to play baseball at a high level and to challenge my dream since I was little.”
Yoshida is 29 years old from Fukui prefecture.
Joined the team in 2016 in first place in the draft from Aoyama Gakuin University, and won the top hitter for two consecutive years until last year.
He is a batter that represents the baseball world, including participating in last year’s Tokyo Olympics, and this season as the core of Orix, he has a batting average of 30%, 3 minutes and 5 minutes, and marks 21 home runs, winning the Pacific League for the first time in 26 years and becoming the best in Japan for the first time in 26 years. became a leading figure in
If Yoshida’s transfer is decided, Orix will lose the centerpiece of the batting lineup, but he will also negotiate with Kensuke Kondo, who acquired Yuya Mori from Seibu as a free agent and exercised his free agency rights from Nippon-Ham. going.
