[Shohei Ohtani]Who is Seiya Suzuki? Higher expectations than Ohtani! ? ~ Are Seiya Suzuki and Shohei Otani on good terms? Is it bad? ~[Seiya Suzuki]

In 2021, Shohei Otani, the MVP man who was active in realizing the dual wielding of pitcher and batter on the major league stage. He left an overwhelming record that everyone in the world recognized, overturned common sense, established the concept of “two-sword style” in the world, and impressed us. A player in the same grade as Ohtani will challenge the major leagues in 2022. In professional baseball, he left an overwhelming record, becoming a star player and a signboard player for the Hiroshima Carp. He came to the major leagues under the influence of Ohtani. His name is Seiya Suzuki. He has won numerous titles in Nippon Professional Baseball, including leading hitter twice and highest on-base percentage three times. As the face of the Hiroshima Carp, he has become an “absolutely indispensable presence in Hiroshima” for the Hiroshima Carp team and fans. Such Seiya Suzuki came to be compared with Otani of the same grade. Otani won the league MVP last year, and I’m looking forward to seeing how Seiya Suzuki, who is of the same generation as Otani, will play an active role. By the way, in this video, for those who don’t know about Seiya Suzuki, I will start by asking, “What kind of player is Seiya Suzuki?” I would like to discuss and explain the story. ◆Profile of Seiya Suzuki Seiya Suzuki was born in Tokyo and attended Nishogakusha University High School in Tokyo. It is one of the strongest schools in Tokyo, but when I was in junior high school, I was the ace of the team that participated in the national tournament, and I was number 4, so I became a bench member immediately after entering high school, and in the fall of my first year of high school, I grabbed the ace position. I’m taking Suzuki overwhelms other high school students with his foot speed, shoulder strength, and swing speed. increase. However, although he demonstrated his potential and played an active role, none of them participated in Koshien during high school. However, he was highly evaluated by scouts, and although he had outstanding athleticism and extraordinary talent, he loved baseball and was also evaluated for his stoic and single-minded attitude to practice. Although he is blessed with talent, he has a stoic attitude toward training, which is similar to Otani. In the draft, 2012 was a year of good harvest, and there were many players to watch, such as Shohei Otani, who is active as a two-way player in the major leagues, and Shintaro Fujinami, who reigns as a steadfast pitcher in the Hanshin Tigers. I did. “Draft secret story” strongly recommended by Ogata scout Although he could not become a national class player because he could not participate in Koshien, Hiroshima Toyo Carp’s Ogata scout highly appreciated Seiya Suzuki’s hitting and running power. was Of course, it’s rare that he’s been drafted second in the draft without ever participating in Koshien, and of course, the road to get there hasn’t been easy. All the scouts are watching the players who participate in Koshien, but the scouts do not see the players who could not participate. Despite receiving high praise, Suzuki only caught the eye of some scouts. However, scout Ogata heard that Nippon-Ham and Softbank, which were looking for outfielder star candidates at the time, were also aiming to acquire Seiya Suzuki. That should be it, Seiya Suzuki was interviewed by TV stations from “Hokkaido” and “Fukuoka”, and it seems that acquisition was rumored. However, Seiya Suzuki was not well-known, and there were many talents of the same generation. Initially, the team wanted to pick Seiya Suzuki as the 4th pick in the draft, but scout Ogata strongly recommended him as “a player who would never be picked in 4th place”. “He’s a player who can’t be picked in 4th place. Although he didn’t make it to Koshien, he’s a player who could have been in 1st place in the draft. He has high potential in both pitching and hitting, so other teams will move to pick him up to 2nd place.” Such exchanges took place within the team, and the Hiroshima Carp nominated Seiya Suzuki in second place in the draft. His jersey number at the time of the contract was 51. If you say 51, you may imagine Ichiro, but once in the Hiroshima Carp, there were “right-handed slugger Satoshi Eto” and “genius hitter Tomonori Maeda recognized by Hiromitsu Ochiai”. ” is a number given by a future star candidate, and you can see the expectations from the team. About the relationship between Shohei Otani and Seiya Suzuki (1) They are good friends and can mess around with each other. We are talking on the show. It was impressive that they were talking innocently and seemed to be very friendly because they were in the same grade. Before that, the first time they met was in the Miyazaki Phoenix League, which was their first year as a professional. They also talked about each other’s play in the dialogue, and Suzuki Seiya told Ohtani as follows. “I could hear the whiff of the swing even on the bench. It was my first experience, and I thought it was a monster. The WBC official ball, which was also used in warm-up games, didn’t fly for me. It’s amazing that he’s flying.” Talking like this, he said, “I thought he was a monster.” Ohtani said with a smile to Seiya Suzuki, “Seiya was a god in the warm-up match, wasn’t he?” By the way, Seiya Suzuki himself doesn’t seem to like the word ‘God teru’ very much. I want to do my best so that people will think, ‘I’m talented’ instead of ‘I’m good at it’.” Perhaps Ohtani knew about this and dared to say “Kamittetta ne” with the meaning of a prank, like making fun of Seiya Suzuki. Recently, Ohtani has stopped showing that mischievous side in front of the media, but we can see that they are close enough to mess with each other. (2) “A player who is out of his head” In the interview program, he made a slightly mocking remark, but Otani also acknowledges Suzuki’s ability, and at the 2021 homecoming press conference, Otani will challenge the majors from next season. He talks about Seiya Suzuki, who was determined to do the following: “I think he is one of the best hitters in professional baseball today. He gave me a stamp of approval for his success. (3) “It seems that he will throw a curve ball while laughing at his first match, and he seems to be able to have fun.” I’m answering like “Well, his personality is a breaking ball, absolutely. It looks like he’s going to throw a curve ball with a laugh, rather than a serious game, it seems like he’s playing around.” I can imagine that you are teasing about this. It is precisely because they are on good terms that they do this sort of trickery. It can be said that the relationship is precisely because they play baseball at a high level and each other recognizes each other. After the 2022 season has ended successfully, it was a relationship that I am looking forward to in the future, as I would like to see them talk again in the talk show.