4th round draft pick Naoya Masuda plans to test his new shuto during his practice game outing against the Seibu Lions on Tuesday.

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Shota Ishimine will be sponsoring Shimanchu Seats for fans with connections to Okinawa this season.

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1st round draft pick Takahiro Fujioka's exhibition game start against the Yomiuri Giants was rained out on Sunday.  He is now scheduled to start a practice game against Seibu on February 28.

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2nd round draft pick Yuhei Nakaushiro topped out at 145km/h during his exhibition game start against the Chunichi Dragons on Saturday.  He also missed a pick-off sign from the catcher in the 2nd inning and threw the ball away during an pick-off attempt at first in the 4th inning.

The Chiba Lotte Marines arrived in Naha today, a day ahead of their exhibition game against Chunichi (@ Chatan) on Saturday.  2nd round draft pick Yuhei Nakaushiro is slated to start the game (four innings).

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Player seats:

• Yoshifumi Okada will be sponsoring OF Mania Seats (one pair of INF reserved B seat tickets) for seventy home games this season.
• Yoshihisa Naruse will be sponsoring Meeting Seats (two pairs of INF reserved S seat tickets) for seventy home games this season.

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The Marines closed out their camp at Ishigakijima today.

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1st round draft pick Takahiro Fujioka told reporters that he has lost four kilograms during spring camp.

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Yoshihiro Ito tossed a bullpen session today for the first time in about two weeks (right shoulder discomfort).

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Norifumi Nishimura, Tadahito Iguchi, Shoitsu Omatsu, Yoshihisa Naruse, and Ikuhiro Kiyota visited children at a care facility in Ishigaki, Okinawa today.

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Tomohisa Otani was diagnosed with the flu on February 11 and spent some time away from the team.  He made a full return to practice today and tossed a bullpen session.

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Saburo is apparently on a tomato diet

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Through Monday, Shota Ishimine is 6-for-15 with one homer and two stolen bases over four games.

The Marines had the day off today.

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Saburo and Masato Watanabe visited Ryukyu Shinju on their day off today and got a hands on demonstration on how cultured pearls are made.

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With support from Bunka Hoso, Shunsuke Watanabe has decided to sponsor Tasukeai Seats to all seventy home games this year.

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Today was the last day of the fourth block of spring camp.  The team has the day off tomorrow.

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If Yuki Karakawa's back is feeling ok, he will toss a bullpen session on February 21.  Depending on how he feels after that session, he could pitch in an intra-squad game on February 22.

Karakawa played some catch today (at a max distance of about twenty-five meters) and later told reporters he was feeling ok.

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2nd round draft pick Yuhei Nakaushiro is slated to pitch in a game against the Chunichi Dragons on February 25.

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Yoshihisa Naruse threw over 200 pitches today -- that including warm-up pitches, tossing two innings during an intra-squad game, and a post-game bullpen session.

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Yuki Karakawa did not pitch pitch in today's intra-squad game because of some tightness in his back.  Said Karakawa, "If I was a rookie, I may have pitched [through it].  I do not think it is anything serious and there is no need for me to force myself right now."

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The Marines received ten kilograms of high quality kumquats from the Kushima Fan Support Group today.

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Shota Koike is trying to land a spot on the opening day roster as a back-up catcher.

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Yoshihisa Naruse and Yuki Karakawa will be starting pitchers for Saturday's intra-squad game.

1st round draft pick Takahiro Fujioka, 2nd round draft pick Yuhei Nakaushiro, and 4th round draft pick Naoya Masuda are all scheduled to pitch in Sunday's intra-squad game.

1st round draft pick Fujioka is also scheduled to pitch in a game against the Yomiuri Giants on February 26.