Sun Yilei, Gu Lin Ruiyang. (File photo)
[Sports Center/Comprehensive Northern Report]In the final round of the Japanese professional playoffs climax series G6, Nippon Ham lost to SoftBank 1:2, 3 wins and 4 losses in the series, and missed the Japan competition. The season officially ended. After the game, Japanese media revealed that Ham had signed multiple foreign players with multi-year contracts, including two Taiwanese players Rui Yang Furin and Sun Yilei, Franmil Reyes, and Ariel Martinez. Martínez and four others will stay, while the others are yet to be determined.
According to Nikkan Sports, the core of Nippon Ham’s Yankees in the new season is not expected to change, including this year’s home run and RBI double champion Reyes, Cuban catcher Martinez, “Taiwan’s Golden Sun” Furin Ruiyang and another Taiwanese fireball man Sun Yi Lei. Four Yankees who have signed multi-year contracts will remain in the team next season.
However, two former major league pitchers, Drew VerHagen and Aneurys Zabala, who left the team before the playoffs, are not yet sure whether they will stay with Nippon Ham.
The 25-year-old Gu Lin Ruiyang ended his first season in his career this year when he switched from a junior professional to a Japanese professional. Due to injury, he only pitched in 7 games in the regular season, recording 2 wins and 2 losses, with an ERA of 3.62 in 32.1 innings, 34K, and 9 walks. His performance, the 98-pitch “Maddox shutout” against the Rakuten Golden Eagles on May 11, was his masterpiece in the regular season, and his masterpiece in the playoffs was yesterday’s 4.2 innings of 6K scoreless pitching against SoftBank.
Another 20-year-old Taiwanese player, Sun Yilei, also played in the first team for the first time this year. He scored 0 wins and 2 losses in 9 games, with 1 successful save and 4 successful relays. He had 10 strikeouts and 6 walks in 12.1 innings, with an ERA of 5.11.
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