Nippon-Ham ‘s Tamai decides to stay with the team without exercising his domestic free agent rights, pitching in 40 games this season
Baseball King
2025.11.7(金) 23:16
On the 7th, Nippon-Ham announced that pitcher Taisho Tamai will remain with the team without exercising his domestic free agent rights.
Tamai commented through the team’s official website, “I said I would think about it (exercising free agency), but my mind was pretty much made up. It’s where I was born and raised, and I love Hokkaido and this team. A lot of local people support me, so I have special feelings for them.”
Tamai joined Nippon-Ham as the eighth pick in the 2016 draft. In his first year in 2017, he pitched in 24 games, and in 2019 he pitched in a season-high 65 games. From 2021, he pitched in 50 games for three consecutive years. In 2024, he did not pitch in the first team due to an injury, but this season he pitched in 40 games, finishing with a record of 3 wins, 2 losses, 17 hold, 1 ERA of 2.25.
AloJapan.com