The main major leaguers of the WBC Japan national team will participate from the first day of training camp in February.
‘Nikkan Sports’ prepares for pitchers Yu Darvish (36. San Diego), Shohei Ohtani (28. LA Angels), and outfielder Seiya Suzuki (28. Chicago Cubs) to join the training camp in Miyazaki starting on February 17th. It was reported on the 11th that it was being done.
He added that outfielder Lars Nutba (25) will also participate in Miyazaki training.
In the first place, it was discussed that the major leaguers would join the representative in time for the evaluation match just before the first round, which starts on March 9th. However, Darvish hopes to participate in the training camp in Miyazaki.
The newspaper said, “It is the intention to communicate with young players for three weeks as there are many players who do not know Darvish over 10 years after leaving NPB.” was
In particular, following Darvish, it was predicted that Ohtana and Suzuki would also participate in the training camp in Miyazaki.
Ohtani has a solid position in his team, so there is no obstacle to getting accepted. Suzuki plans to enter the Cubs training camp in early February, adjust, and join immediately. He expected to receive the approval of the club as well. 토토
Nutba joins Miyazaki training and checks sign play and defensive checks with his teammates.
The Japanese national team’s training camp in Miyazaki will be held from February 17th to 27th.
Miyazaki is already excited by the participation of the most popular major leaguers in training. The newspaper reported that in 2009, when Suzuki Ichiro participated in training, 240,000 fans gathered for a week, and it is expected that this will happen again this time.
At the time, the roads near the Sunmarine Stadium were severely congested, and the Miyazaki authorities struggled to organize them. This time, the duration is 11 days, and with Ohtani and Darvish taking part, it seems that a lot more fans will come.