Kosuke’s Featured Baseball Players Blog

  I will introduce the baseball player Naoya Masuda this time. He is a 32-year-old pitcher who has played for the Chiba Lotte Marines since 2012.  His characteristic as a baseball player is his three-quarter form. In addition, his two-seam fast ball and reades a speed of 152.km/h, His variety of sliders, sinkers, cut balls and breaking balls is also attractive.   Masuda has played more than 50 games 9 times in the decade since joining the team in 2012. In 72 games, his Rookie year he recorded 2 wins, 2 losses, 41 holds and 1 save. He won the Rookie of the Year award by breaking the record of 71 games and 34 holds. The next year（2013） he pitched in 68 games, with a record of 2 wins, 6 losses, 9 holds, 33 saves and an ERA of 2.76 and won the most saves title. In the next few years, He was unable to achieve outstanding results due to relocation and poor performance.　  However, he pitched in 54 games, the most in the league, 3 wins, 5 losses, 5 holds, 31 saves, 2.25 ERA in 2020. In additio

 I will introduce the baseball player Daichi Suzuki this time.  He is a 32-year-old infielder who played for the Chiba Lotte Marines until 2019. He has been with the Rakuten Eagles since 2020.   He can defend every position in the infield and can defend steadily wherever he defends.    Although he was originally a third baseman, he won the Golden Glove Award as a second baseman in 2017. In 2019, he was also a starter as a first baseman, second baseman, DH, and left fielder depending on his team situation. He also won shortstop Best Nine in 2013 and 2016.   His batting is characterized by a small swing bat control. Although he has not achieved any outstanding results, he has a stable batting average of .260 to .295 every year.  He always jumps three times before standing in the batter's box, swings a few times, and then salutes the batter's box and umpire before entering the batter's box.  In addition, just before the start of the game, he kneels and encourages himself by te