Ball spring has arrived. Rakuten Eagles Okinawa camp. New pitcher Kenta Maeda immediately entered the bullpen when he entered camp yesterday. It showed good condition. And today, the first drafted rookie showed off his fastball. Read the article about this video＞ https://news.ntv.co.jp/n/mmt/category/sports/mm0be9a23864b84d4da0c6ee5da68ffce4 Yesterday, February 1st, Kin Town, Okinawa Prefecture. Rakuten’s spring training camp has started for the 2026 season. This is Miki’s second year as manager, and the team that is getting a lot of attention this year is pitcher Kenta Maeda. The 37-year-old, who returned to the Japanese baseball world for the first time in 11 years, relaxed his body with the familiar maeken exercises and appeared in the bullpen as the team’s first player. He showed his good condition by throwing 18 pitches, the same as his jersey number, with fastballs and two-seam pitches against a seated catcher. Pitcher Maeda: “Since it was the first day of the camp, I came in to make an appeal, or to show that I’m fine.I think I was able to show good condition with a good feeling.”And today, on the second day of camp, pitcher Sota Fujiwara, an authentic right-handed pitcher who boasts a fastest speed of 156km/h, showed his high potential. When I entered the bullpen for the first time today, Pitcher Fujiwara said, “I’m going straight.” Catcher Horiuchi said, “Nice ball, this is a little bit harsh.” Pitcher Fujiwara: “I’m going with a vertical slider.” Catcher Horiuchi said, “Nice ball.” Today, he threw 25 pitches, including curveballs such as sliders and curveballs. His weapon, the straight, has exceeded 150km. Catcher Horiuchi, who received the ball, said, “It was intense. His straight line was amazing. There was a lot of hop.” The first bullpen for the 1st Dragon rookie seemed to be a solid mound. Pitcher Fujiwara: “I was happy because it was my first time being accepted by a professional catcher and he praised me. (From now on) I want to improve my ability to improve my average ball speed and how many strikeouts I can get.” Tomorrow, Rui Soyama, a second-year player from Okinawa, will be performing live. ◆ Click here for the latest news in Miyagi Prefecture[Miyatele NEWS NNN]https://news.ntv.co.jp/n/mmt #News #MiyagiTV #Miyatele ◆ Delivering the latest information and videos from Miyagi![Miyatele App]https://www.mmt-tv.co.jp/miyatele_app/[HP]https://www.mmt-tv.co.jp/[YouTube]https://www.youtube.com/c/miyatele[Video Portal]https://www.mmt-tv.co.jp/movie/ ◇Nippon Television News Bureau’s SNS X https://x.com/news24ntv TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@ntv.news Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ntvnews24 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ntv_news24/ ◇The latest news from across the country is being distributed[NTV NEWS NNN]https://news.ntv.co.jp/
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