[Short-term serialization]Why is the Japanese FA system not utilized?
The 4th “We asked Mr. Shusuke Kamiya, Team Strategy Manager, about the future of DeNA”
This season, the second year since Daisuke Miura took office, the BayStars have a clear slogan, “Yokohama Counterattack.” It is said that the commander himself devised it after biting the regret of last season when he fell to the bottom for the first time in six years.
How did the team analyze the cause of the defeat, which was behind the leader Yakult by 20 games, and helped to reinforce the new season? Shusuke Kamiya, General Manager of Team Strategy Department, Team Management Headquarters explains.
“Largely speaking, there was a miscalculation in terms of pitcher power. One of the major factors was that the starting rotation was not well established at the beginning of the season, and the second factor was that the bullpen was not stable throughout the season. That was one of the off-season themes. “
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Kenta Kozono, a high school student, was nominated for the first place in the 2021 draft.
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So how do you perceive the results of reinforcement?
“Not everything went well. I’m glad I got the closer candidate (Brooks) Kriske because the bullpen was the most unstable. As for the fielders, the outfielders were solid. Although there is a regular class, it was quite big to get Taishi Ota (former Nippon-Ham Fighters) who has the power to compete regularly because the player base was thin. “
Miya? Toshiro, who is the core of the batting line, has a total of 1.2 billion yen in 6 years, batting average .303, 28 home runs, 74 RBIs in the second year of his arrival in Japan, and Tyler Austin has 850 million yen in 3 years, FA right in 2022. We have signed a variable three-year contract with Kazuki Mishima, a right-handed pitcher who is expected to acquire.
It was reported that “unusual large-scale behavior” while sinking to the bottom of the league, but the “ambition” of the team can be considered in the background. President Yota Kimura told employees in a greeting from the beginning of 2022.
“Yokohama DeNA BayStars, Yokohama Baseball Stadium, with the goal of becoming the world’s number one sports team in 20 years, first of all, we will reiterate that we will become a sports team that is making the world’s most advanced efforts in 5 years. I would like to share and move forward. “(From the article on January 11th, the electronic version of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun)
