Orix acquires Sho Iwasaki in cash trade; 2.08 ERA in 4 appearances this season; returns to Pacific League for the first time in 4 years | Pacific League

On the 30th, Orix announced that they had acquired pitcher Sho Iwasaki (35) from the Chunichi Dragons in a cash trade. number was decided to be “40”.

Iwasaki joined Softbank as the first pick in the 2007 high school draft from Funabashi Ichinomiya High School. In 2017, he recorded 46 hold points and won the title of best reliever. In the off-season of 2021, he transferred to Chunichi as compensation for pitcher Katsuki Matayoshi, but in 2022 he underwent surgery on his right elbow and signed a development contract during the off-season. He returned to the regular team in June 2024, and this season he had a record of 1 win, 0 losses, 0 hold, and an ERA of 2.08 in 4 appearances.