The Critical Difference between Tomohiro Anraku, former Rakuten player who left the team due to power harassment, Hotaka Yamakawa, and Sho Nakata

Nakata was assaulted, Yamakawa committed adultery, and Anraku committed power harassment ……. All of these acts are highly contrary to morals, but they have not led to criminal cases. Even so, according to the aforementioned official, it is unlikely that Yasuraku will be able to play in Japan next season.

Nakata, Yamakawa, and Anraku have different problems, so we can’t make a simple comparison. But what they all have in common is that there is still a concern that there may be something new about all three that has not yet been made public. If a team wants to acquire a player, it must be prepared to take the risk of dealing with the “concerns” of the three players. Nakata, who has won the batting title three times, and Yamakawa, who has won three home run titles and one batting title, have the track record and ability to make a team want to acquire them even if they have to take that risk.

For three seasons in a row, Yasura has pitched in more than 50 games for Rakuten. Although he does not have the same track record as Nakata and Yamakawa, teams suffering from a shortage of relievers may consider acquiring him. However, whether or not he will be able to survive when he gets into trouble and finds himself in a tight spot in his baseball career is a matter of numbers and titles in a world where the law of the jungle is the law of the jungle. An active coach for a professional baseball team speaks for himself.

But in close games where the score is close and you don’t want to see him get hit by a pitch, I have the impression that he gets hit pretty often. I was wondering if he was a player with surprisingly weak feelings, unlike his outward appearance, when the power harassment allegations came out, and in a sense I understood. After all, a person who takes a coercive attitude toward a person in a weak position is a “weak” person by nature,” he said.

It is sad that Yasura, who should have secured his position through his achievements, could not maintain his composure unless he had to act in a coercive manner toward younger players. Now that the power harassment scandal has revealed his deep-seated humanity, one wonders how he is feeling at his home in Sendai City.