While talking to fans in Niigata on Jan 16, DeNA manager Alex Ramirez said that he will have Yamato Maeda play second base for the Baystars. Ramirez told fans that he prefers to have Toshihiko Kuramoto start at shortstop due to being a superior fielder. When asked by a fan what the opening day lineup is going to be, Ramirez replied “its not 100%.” He said the lineup as of now looks like Masayuki Kuwahara leading off with Yamato batting second, Yoshitomo Tsutsugo batting third, Jose Lopez at clean up, Toshiro Miyazaki batting fifth, Yasutaka Tobashira or Hiroki Minei batting sixth, Takayuki Kajitani or Seiya Hosokawa batting seventh, the pitcher batting eight and finally Kuramoto batting ninth.

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