This season, the giant fell to the B class for the first time in five years, instead of being a V for the second year in a row. The manager, Tatsunori Hara, has earned the disgraceful title of being the first losing manager for two consecutive years in the history of the team.
Although he has decided to continue pitching, it was reported that the coaching staff will be revamped in order to make a comeback next season. Former Rakuten manager Hiromoto Okubo was mentioned as the batting coach, Hideyuki Awano as the chief pitcher coach, and Naohiro Suzuki as the outfield defense and baserunning coach. Tatsuro Hirooka, a giant OB of the Giants, made a point as a matter of course about this coach personnel.
Manager Tatsunori Hara, the giant who finished 4th this season and failed to advance to CS for the first time since taking office
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“The current leadership does not have a concrete vision to strengthen the team in a true sense. The giants have a lot of pitching coaches, but they’re useless.
Kuwata (Masumi) was included two years ago, but he was removed from the other team. Awano may have a track record of topping 12 teams in team ERA when he was coach of Chunichi, but he cares too much about the players and lacks push. I don’t know if the giants of today understand that genuine rigor is necessary.”
Kuwata, who was the chief pitcher coach of the first team, became the general manager of the farm, perhaps because he was responsible for the team’s ERA of 3.69, which was the worst in the league this season. In addition, Shinnosuke Abe, the strategy and defense chief coach, is the head coach, Masahiro Kawai, the general manager of the farm, is the general coach of the 1st Army, and Daisuke Motoki, who was the head and offense chief coach, is also in charge of strategy. Consideration is being given to relocating to
The giant has the team ERA, and the team batting average of .242 is the worst in the league. Looking at the lineup, Kazuma Okamoto, Yoshihiro Maru, Sho Nakata, Gregory Polanco, and Adam Walker marked 20 or more home runs, but they were silent against first-line pitchers. As expected, the challenge of the future is the tenacity and certainty of hitting to take away one point.
