Tadashi Settsu
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is a Japanese baseball player. He has been with the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
since 2009, and plays as pitcher
, wearing number 50. In 2009, he was voted Most Valuable Rookie
. The very next year, he became the first pitcher ever to make 70 or more appearances in his first two seasons in the league.
Settsu was one third of the Hawks' ever reliable relieving trio of SBM (Settsu - Brian (Falkenborg) - Mahara). Hawk's 2010 PL championship pennant was in no small part due to them.
However, with perceived weakness in the Hawks' starting rotation in 2011, and the emergence of other able relievers in Morifuku and Kattoh, Akiyama switched Settsu's role to that of a starting pitcher
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
The are a Japanese baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. The team was bought on January 28, 2005 by the SoftBank Corporation.The team was formerly known as the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. In 1988, Daiei bought the team from Osaka's Nankai Electric Railway Co., and its headquarters were...
since 2009, and plays as pitcher
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...
, wearing number 50. In 2009, he was voted Most Valuable Rookie
Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award
The Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award is given to one player in each league of Central League and Pacific League.-Central League:-Pacific League:-See also:*Nippon Professional Baseball#Awards*Baseball awards#Japan...
. The very next year, he became the first pitcher ever to make 70 or more appearances in his first two seasons in the league.
Settsu was one third of the Hawks' ever reliable relieving trio of SBM (Settsu - Brian (Falkenborg) - Mahara). Hawk's 2010 PL championship pennant was in no small part due to them.
However, with perceived weakness in the Hawks' starting rotation in 2011, and the emergence of other able relievers in Morifuku and Kattoh, Akiyama switched Settsu's role to that of a starting pitcher