Nippon-Ham decides on rookie players’ number: 1st draft pick Okawa “27” and 2nd draft pick Edpolo “42”
Baseball King
2025.11.24(月) 23:11
On the 24th, Nippon-Ham held a welcome event for new players joining the team in 2025 at ES CON FIELD, where number for the new players were decided.
number Wearing “27”, the first pick in the draft, Jiei Okawa (Meiji University), said, “I want to be a pitcher that fans can trust and look at pitch that gives despair to the opposing team,” and said, “My goal is to throw as a closer for one year, and I want to wave my arms as a piece that will be the best in the Japan.”
▼ Nippon-Ham rookie player number
1st place 『27』 Okawa Yoshihide (pitcher /Meiji University)
2nd place: “42” Edpolo Cain (outfielder /Osaka Gakuin University)
3rd place: “49” Ruan Otsuka (infielder /Tokai University)
4th place: “51” Handa Minami (infielder / Nihon University Fujisawa High School)
5th place 『57』Kaito Fujimori (catcher /Meitoku Gijuku High School)
Development No. 1 『123』Takuya Tokuya (infielder /Hokkai Gakuen University)
Development 2nd place “124” Yokoyama Towa (pitcher /Aomori Chuo Gakuin University)
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