Seibu Lions 2023 camp lists announced

 

The Saitama Seibu Lions announced their camp lists for both A-camp in Miyazaki prefecture and B-camp in Kochi prefecture. 

Here are the full lists for both camps:

A-Camp (Nango, Miyazaki)

Pitchers: Yutaro Watanabe, Kona Takahashi, Tetsu Migagawa, Chihiro Sumida, Wataru Matsumoto, Shunsuke Sato, Shota Hamaya, Katsunori Hirai, Ryosuke Moriwaki, Bo Takahashi, Kaito Yoza, Keisuke Honda, Yaku Cho, Tatsuya Imai, Jesus Tinoco, Ren Omagari, Kaima Taira, Yoshinobu Mizukami, Dietrich Enns, Minato Aoyama

Catchers: Yuto Koga, Sena Tsuge, Daichi Nakaguma

Infielders: Hotaka Yamakawa, Ryosuke Kodama, Kakeru Yamanobe, Sosuke Genda, Shuta Tonosaki, David MacKinnon, Takayoshi Yamamura, Nien Ting Wu, Ryota Kawano, Naomasa Yohkawa

Outfielders: Takuya Hiruma, Mark Payton, Gakuto Wakabayashi, Shohei Suzuki, Manaya Nishikawa, Wataru Takagi

B-Camp (Haruno, Kochi)

Pitchers: Tatsushi Masuda, Katsuhiko Kumon, Takeru Sasaki, Ichiro Tamura, Hiroki Inoue, Haruto Yamada, Shinnosuke Hada, Masaya Kuroda, Yuto Akagami, Hiromasa Saito, Kaito Awatsu, Sho Ito, Towa Uema, Jasier Herrera, Toshihiro Idei, Daiki Miura, Taishi Mameda, Shinya Sugai

Catchers: Masatoshi Okada, Kaito Noda, Masato Saito, Shoya Makino, Ryosuke Koresawa, Takeru Furiuchi

Infielders: Brandon Tysinger, Shota Hiranuma, Seigo Nakayama, Ryusei Sato, Takeya Nakamura, Matsui Takizawa, Shinya Hasegawa, Kazuki Nomura

Outfielders:

Takumi Kuriyama, Yuji Kaneko, Yudai Furukawa, Aito Takeda, Yuta Nakamigawa, Junichiro Kishi, Seiji Kawagoe, Romer Cuadrado, Joseph Miyamoto, Montell Higuma

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It's interesting how Kodama and Aoyama will be given a look with the ichi-gun staff alongside the obvious first round draft pick Hiruma. If Kodama impresses, it's possible he can be plugged into the infield and be an immediate help. 

The Lions put all the veterans in B-camp and more than usual this time around, it feels like a half rebuild coming. 

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