TOKYO, Feb 07 (News On Japan) –
In Miyazaki City, the place the skilled baseball staff Yomiuri Giants are holding their coaching camp, pitcher Shosei Togo, who has been named the opening day starter, entered the bullpen for the third time on the sixth, the primary day of the second part of the camp, to check the texture of a brand new pitch he’s working to grasp. On the primary day of the second part of the camp, Togo took to the bullpen for his third session of pitching apply. Aiming to extend his full video games from final season’s 4 and to win a pitching title, Togo threw 46 pitches, together with his signature fastball and forkball, in addition to the reduce fastball and two-seam fastball he’s searching for so as to add to his repertoire.
Togo is trying to increase his pitching vary by mastering pitches with refined motion and goals to scale back his pitch rely by inducing batters to make outs, which he believes will result in extra full video games. Togo commented, “The cut fastball is not yet something I can use in a game. However, the two-seam fastball is improving, so that’s a positive takeaway. I believe that if the quality of my fastball improves, it will get better, so I want to try it out in actual games.”
In the afternoon, Japan’s nationwide staff supervisor, Hirokazu Ibata, visited the apply and had a dialog with Togo. He praised Togo, saying, “He was the second starter in the WBC, but I want him to break into the starting rotation for the Premier12. If he performs well during the season, I think he is a player who will make it onto the team.”
Source: NHK