BREAKING NEWS: Yomiuri Giants draft 14-year-old junior high student as development player
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[Sports Chosun Reporter Na Yuri] The Japanese media was also shocked. The Yomiuri Giants selected a 14-year-old middle school catcher in the draft. Yomiuri, a prestigious club in the Japanese Professional Baseball (NPB), selected Rentaro Seki, an active middle school student, in the 5th round of the development draft during a professional baseball draft meeting held at a hotel in downtown Tokyo on the 22nd. Japan's 'Daily Sports' reported, "A su…
The "Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D" was held at a hotel in Tokyo on the 22nd, and the Yomiuri Giants selected Rentaro Seki (14), a catcher from Kawasaki Municipal Mukogaoka Junior High School, in the 5th round of the developmental draft...
The Giants selected Rentaro Seki, a catcher (third year of junior high school) and captain of the Tamagawa Boys team, as their fifth pick in the developmental draft. Seki is a 179cm, 82kg right-handed pitcher and batter catcher who will be joining the "Giants U15 Junior Youth" team in 2024.
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