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Xu Ruoxi exercised her free agent rights after the season last year and signed a three-year contract with SoftBank with a maximum total value of US$15 million.
[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] SoftBank won the championship in the Japanese competition. Taiwanese strong investor Hsu Ruoxi tasted the championship in his first year in Japan. He said: "I am very happy to come here and win the championship with everyone in the first year. I am very happy to participate."
Xu Ruoxi exercised her free agent rights after the season last year and signed a three-year contract with SoftBank with a maximum total value of US$15 million. This season, she was separated from the team due to poor performance and injuries. In the end, she played 8 games (6 starts) in the first team, with a record of 2 wins and 3 losses, an ERA of 4.81, a total of 31K pitches in 33.2 innings, 13 four dead balls, a batting average of 0.294, and an on-base percentage of 1.54 per inning.
Xu Ruoxi was selected to the 40-man roster for the Japan Series. However, he did not pitch a ball in the series. When asked why he was not on the plate, he pointed out: "There should be various reasons to consider. In addition, I am not a pitcher from a reliever background. The main thing is to return to the starting lineup next year."
Xu Ruoxi also revealed that because she felt that she did not have much contribution this year, she did not participate in the beer bath celebration. "I am very satisfied to be able to watch everyone happy."
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Xu Ruoxi will return to the starting lineup next year
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