Behind Sho Nakata’s 300 million yen salary, “fresh graduates” Yanagi and Ogasawara angrily withhold contract renewal.

After finishing in last place for the second consecutive season, the first time in the team’s history, Chunichi’s veteran reinforcements have not stopped.

This offseason, the team acquired Hiroyuki Nakajima (formerly of the Giants), Makoto Kamihayashi (formerly of Softbank), and Yasuhiro Yamamoto (formerly of the Hanshin) under control, and Yutaro Itayama (formerly of the Hanshin) as a developmental player. Furthermore, on December 3, Chunichi Sports reported that the acquisition of Sho Nakata, who had been released from the Giants, had been finalized.

Manager Kazuyoshi Tatsunami’s expectations for Nakata are quite high. For that reason, he seems to have prepared a two-year contract for 600 million yen and a number 6. Even so, considering the balance with the other players, we have to say that the number 6 is too high.

On the other hand, the negotiations for the renewal of the contract have been tough for the experienced players: On November 23, pitcher Shinnosuke Ogasawara (26) went to the negotiating table, but became the first player to be put on hold. The team offered an increase from this season’s estimated 66 million yen, but Ogasawara said,

There was no preliminary negotiation, and the amount is the amount of money, so I am not satisfied with putting my stamp on it all at once,” said Ogasawara.

On November 27, Yuya Yanagi (29) was put on hold. The team offered him an increase from his estimated 108 million yen salary for this season, but he said, “I have no complaints about the content of the offer,

I am not complaining about my performance,” he said, adding, “I am not complaining about my performance. I wanted them to evaluate the parts of my pitching that don’t show up in the figures in the evaluation, so I told them that part.

I wanted them to evaluate me in ways that are not expressed in the numbers of the evaluation, so I told them that part. Ogasawara and Yanagi are the two pitchers in the Chunichi lineup to have pitched more than 150 innings this season. Ogasawara reached the prescribed number of innings pitched for the third consecutive year, going 7-12 with a 160.2 innings pitched (4th in the league). He recorded a 3.59 earned-run average. Yanagi, on the other hand, went 4-11 in 158.1 innings (5th in the league) with a 2.44 earned run average (6th in the league).

Looking at wins and losses alone, both pitchers were heavily outscored, but the 390 total runs scored by Chunichi this season was by far the worst among the 12 teams, and they were 45 runs behind the 11th-place Seibu Lions with 435.

I have the impression that he did a good job of persevering and pitching through the year. However, considering his inability to contribute to wins and the team’s situation, it may be difficult to demand an increase in salary. However, when you look at the high treatment of the veteran players who are transferred, you can’t keep quiet about it.