Rick van den Hurk doesn’t get the nod for opening day
Last week yakyubaka.com announed that Softbank Hawks’ manager Kimiyasu Kudo considered Rick van den Hurk as a opening day starter. Next to Rick Tadashi Settsu and Shota Takeda were considered too. In the previous four years Settsu was the opening day pitcher and according to dailyco.jp.coSettsu will start the March 25th game in Sendai where the Rakuten Golden…