2023-11-09 12:02:53
Seibu’s Katsunori Hirai and Lotte’s Tatsuhiro Tamura declare free agency…Hirai is on hold, Tamura announces he will remain
The period in which players can exercise their free agent rights begins on the 6th, and many players are starting to make moves. On the 9th, Seibu’s pitcher Katsunori Hirai and Lotte’s catcher Tatsuhiro Tamura declared themselves free agents. Hirai expressed his intention to stay but put it on hold, and Tamura has already announced that he will stay.
Hirai pitched in 54 games this season, his seventh year, with 4 wins, 3 losses, 28 holds, and an ERA of 2.55. He held a press conference at the team’s office in Tokorozawa City and said, “I would like to inform you that I have decided to exercise my powers.This is a declaration to ask for a little more time.I have not really thought about that (transferring to another team). “No,” he said, indicating his intention to stay.
This season, in his 11th year, Tamura participated in 78 games and had a batting average of .166, two home runs, and an OPS of .442. He only appeared in two games last season, but his appearances have increased significantly. “I have decided to declare that I will stay.I decided to do this because I want to do my best at Lotte for the rest of my life.It is my own statement of determination,” he said in a statement.
(Full-Count Editorial Department)
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