Unexpected drama of 'Fostering Foreigners' who failed to renew contract with KIA... Takahashi renews contract with Seibu daily → 4th season accompanying him
Unexpected drama of 'Fostering Foreigners' who failed to renew contract with KIA... Takahashi renews contract with Seibu daily → 4th season accompanying him
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Takahashi Bo (27), who joined the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) after experiencing a bitter taste on the KBO League stage, will soon be accompanied by the Seibu Lions for four seasons. He has signed three failed renewals with the Kia Tigers, and is writing a success story.
The Seibu club announced on its official website on the 12th that it has signed an extension contract with Takahashi. According to Japanese media "Nikkan Sports," Takahashi said, "I'm levelling up in Seibu. I'll try to improve further."
Takahashi, a third-generation Japanese pitcher with Brazilian nationality, played in the minor leagues from 2014 to 2021, winning 42-41 with a 4.18 ERA in 131 games. He also played for the Brazil World Baseball Classic in 2017.
Takahashi, who failed to make it to the major leagues, turned his attention to the Asian leagues. In August 2021, Kia kicked out Aaron Brooks, who was suspected of smuggling marijuana and smoking cannabis, and signed Takahashi as a substitute. Kia, which at that time moved away from the competition for fall baseball, spent a total of 160,000 U.S. dollars to recruit Takahashi, believing he was a kind of nurturing foreign pitcher.
Takahashi's pitching was regrettable, although he could have considered renewing his contract if he had a good performance in the rest of the season. He pitched four innings of three hits, five strikeouts and no runs against SSG Landers in his debut game, and won his first win against the Kiwoom Heroes, which was his second appearance, with two hits and six strikeouts and no runs in six innings.
However, the team collapsed in three consecutive games starting with the LG Twins (eight runs and seven earned runs in five ⅓ innings), and the Samsung Lions (four runs in six innings) and the SSG (four runs in five innings). It seemed that the team was rebounding from the game against the NC Dinos by allowing one run (non-earned) in six innings, but lost five runs in four ⅓ innings again at the game against Kiwoom, which was its last game. 스포츠토토
Kia put Takahashi, who left the team with a disappointing performance of one win and three losses with an ERA of 4.91 in seven games, on its roster after the season ended. However, it did not lead to renewal of contract. After failing to renew contract, Takahashi turned to Japan and signed a contract with the Seibu Lions.
In the first year of entering the NPB in 2022, Takahashi renewed his contract with a 2.56 ERA with two holds in 27 games. Takahashi, who continued his easy performance with one loss and a 3.00 ERA in 28 games in 2023, signed another contract with Seibu to prepare for his third season. At the time of his renewal, Watanabe Hisanobu, the general manager, also announced his plan to challenge Takahashi to become a starting pitcher for the 2024 season.
Takahashi, who started anew as a starting pitcher this season, played more than five innings in all three of his first games, showing not bad pitching with an earned run average of 2.25 (five runs and four earned runs in 16 innings), but his winning luck did not follow with one win and two losses. In the end, Takahashi, who failed to settle on the starting lineup by throwing 47 ⅔ innings in nine games as a starter with one win, six losses and an earned run average of 3.78, has changed his position to the bullpen again. As a relief pitcher, he regained stability by posting 1 win, 3 losses and 7 holds with an earned run average of 2.16 in 25 innings in 24 games.
Takahashi, who showed his limitations through monotonous pitching focused on fastball, slider and pitch during the KBO League, gradually reduced the proportion of sliders, which was his main weapon, and improved his slitter, curve, and change-up performance since his advance to Japan. Takahashi, who was born in 1997 and was 24 years old when he entered the Korean stage, is only 28 years old in 2025, his fourth season in Japan, and is still in his 20s. Takahashi's "Japan Dream," which he is gradually improving through various leagues, may be the real beginning.