Maru on July 7, Maru players declared FA as "I wanted to ask the other team's ratings as a professional," Hiroshima asked for residuals, three giants and Lotte teams I was negotiating.

And on the evening of 29th, I knew that I was telling the Hiroshima side that I would like to transfer to the giant by interviewing the club executives.
Maru is expected to officially make a statement on the 30th.

Maru is 29 years old in the eleventh year professional.
In this season, the batting average of 30% 6, batting 39 home runs of self-highest number, contributed to the 3rd consecutive title of the first league of the team.
And for the second year in a row, MVP = Best Player of the Ce · League, the fourth person in history, was chosen for the second consecutive year.

In Hiroshima, players declared FA in the past have all been transferred to other teams, and this time we presented an unusual large-scale contract of 1.7 billion yen for 4 years to the Maru player, but this time it will not remain did.