Hokkaido’s Fushimi is a starting lineup mask in the team’s best 66 games this season
Nippon-Ham announced on the 19th that it has reached an agreement to join the team with catcher Toratake Fushimi, who has been exercising domestic free agent (FA) rights from Orix. Now off, while we have already made 3 trades, this time we managed to acquire the fan key.
Fushimi of Hokkaido joined the Orix in 3rd place in the 2012 Draft. Last season, he appeared in 91 games, the most in his career, and this season he also started the mask in the first 66 games of the team and claimed a second consecutive championship victory.
In the first year of the new stadium, Nippon-Ham is trying to come back from the bottom, with full-back Ryo Watanabe and full-back Yuji Takahama in a 2-on-2 match. In exchange for Seibu’s full-back Haruka Yamada, and in exchange for catcher Ryo Ishikawa, Orix acquired pitcher Tsunanori Saito, displaying a very aggressive move. Additionally, Nippon-Ham acquired an FA player for the first time in five years from Shinya Tsuruoka in 2017.
(Full-Count Editorial Department)
