New decade, new hope! Akihiro Yano and the Hanshin Tigers will be opening camp in just over a week. The club has announced which players are going to be starting at which campground. Keep in mind, call-ups and send-downs are possible during the month…
Anyhow, here is the basic schedule and squad divisions for this year’s spring training.
First Squad — February 1-26 in Ginoza, Okinawa
Scheduled days off: February 6 (Thur), 12 (Wed), 17 (Mon), 21 (Fri)
Exhibition games scheduled:
- 9th (Sun) 1:00 pm vs. Nippon Ham @ Ginoza
- 15th (Sat) 1:00 pm vs. Hiroshima @ Ginoza
- 16th (Sun) 1:00 pm vs. Rakuten @ Ginoza
- 20th (Thur) 1:00 pm vs. Rakuten @ Ginoza
- 22nd (Sat) 1:00 pm vs. Chunichi @ Chatan
- 23rd (Sun) 1:00 pm vs. Hiroshima @ Okinawa City
- 24th (Mon) 1:00 pm vs. Yakult @ Urasoe
Players invited:
Pitchers – Atsushi Nohmi, Yuki Nishi, Yuta Iwasada, Kosuke Baba, Shintaro Fujinami, Kenichi Nakata, Kyuji Fujikawa, Taiki Ono, Haruto Takahashi, Masaki Tanigawa, Masumi Hamachi, Jon Edwards, Koki Moriya, Takumi Akiyama, Joe Gunkel, Koyo Aoyagi, Yuya Iida, Atsushi Mochizuki, Suguru Iwazaki, Robert Suarez, Onelki Garcia, Kazuo Itoh, Yuya Yokoyama = 23 men
Catchers – Seishiro Sakamoto, Ryutaro Umeno, Fumihito Haraguchi, Yuya Katayama = 4 men
Infielders – Hiroki Uemoto, Seiya Kinami, Fumiya Hojoh, Yusuke Ohyama, Takahiro Kumagai, Jefry Marte, Kento Itohara, Justin Bour, Naomasa Yohkawa, Kai Ueda = 10 men
Outfielders – Koji Chikamoto, Yoshio Itoi, Kosuke Fukudome, Shun Takayama, Taiga Egoshi, Jerry Sands, Kairi Shimada = 7 men
Second Squad — February 1-26 in Aki, Kochi
Scheduled days off: February 6 (Thur), 12 (Wed), 17 (Mon), 21 (Fri)
Exhibition games scheduled:
- 11th (Tue) 12:30 pm vs. JR Shikoku @ Aki
- 15th (Sat) 12:30 pm vs. Company X @ Aki
- 16th (Sun) 12:30 pm vs. Seibu @ Aki
20th (Thur) 12:30 pm vs. Taiwan Team @ AkiCancelled due to coronavirus- 24th (Tue) vs. Kochi Fighting Dogs @ Aki
Players designated:
Pitchers – Junya Nishi, Minoru Iwata, Yen-Ching Lu, Yuya Onaka, Keisuke Takano, Hiroto Saiki, Masaki Oyokawa, Shungo Fukunaga, Riku Kawahara, Yukiya Saitoh, Kentaro Kuwahara, Atsuki Yuasa, Ippei Ogawa, Hiroya Shimamoto, Masaki Ishii, Joichiro Maki = 16 men
Catchers – Kenya Nagasaka, Taichi Okazaki, Kento Fujita = 3 men
Infielders – Ryuhei Obata, Jo Endoh, Fumiya Araki, Kosuke Fujitani = 4 men
Outfielders – Kota Inoue, Hayata Itoh, Masahiro Nakatani, Yutaro Itayama, Shunsuke, Dan Onodera, Kota Okuyama = 7 men