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{{short description|Japanese baseball player}}
{{Infobox NPB player
|name=Kōki Saitō<br />齋藤綱記
|image=Koki Saito pitcher of Dragons NPB.jpg
|image_size=250
|caption=
|position=[[Pitcher]]
|team=Chunichi Dragons
|number=59
|bats=Left
|throws=Left
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1996|12|18}}
|birth_place= [[Kita-ku, Sapporo|Kita-ku]],[[Sapporo, Hokkaido]], Japan
|debutleague = [[Nippon Professional Baseball|NPB]]
|debutteam = Chunichi Dragons
|debutyear = 18 September 2016
| statyear = 2023 season
| statleague = NPB
| stat1label = [[Win–loss record]]
| stat1value = 4-1
| stat2label = [[Innings pitched]]
| stat2value = 75
| stat3label = [[Earned run average]]
| stat3value = 4.56
| stat4label = [[Strikeout]]s
| stat4value = 72
|teams=
* [[Orix Buffaloes]] ({{Baseball year|2016}}–{{Baseball year|2022}})
* [[Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters]] ({{Baseball year|2023}})
* [[Chunichi Dragons]] ({{Baseball year|2023}}–present)
}}
{{nihongo|'''Kōki Saitō'''|齋藤綱記|Saitō Kōki|extra=born December 18, 1996}} is a professional Japanese [[baseball]] player. He plays [[pitcher]] for the [[Chunichi Dragons]]. He previously played for the [[Orix Buffaloes]] and the [[Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters]].
==Professional career==
Starting his career at the [[Orix Buffaloes]], Saitō was traded to the [[Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters]] for catcher, [[Ryō Ishikawa]] of the [[Orix Buffaloes]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=INC |first=SANKEI DIGITAL |date=2022-11-10 |title=日本ハム・石川亮との交換トレードが成立したオリックス・斎藤綱記は「新天地で活躍することが」「両球団への恩返し」 |url=https://www.sanspo.com/article/20221110-PMXSOA7L3RKX5MF6XAGRGYKPCE/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |language=ja}}</ref> Less than a year later, Saitō would be involved in a trade alongside [[Shingo Usami]] for [[Yūya Gunji]] and [[Takumi Yamamoto]] of the [[Chunichi Dragons]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-06-19 |title=日本ハムと中日が交換トレード正式発表 宇佐見＆齋藤綱、郡司＆山本…齋藤綱は1年で2度の移籍 |url=https://full-count.jp/2023/06/19/post1398448/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |language=ja}}</ref>
==Pitching style==
Saitō's fastball tops out at 144 km/h. His normal pitch mix includes a vertical and horizontal moving slider, a curveball, a changeup and a splitter.<ref>{{Cite news |title=北照・斎藤プロ１本「指名だけ考えてる」 - 高校野球ニュース |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/highschool/news/p-bb-tp3-20140925-1372469.html |access-date=2024-04-29 |language=ja}}</ref> In 2017, he switched to a side-throwing action with the addition of fellow lefty, [[Daiki Tajima]] in the first round of the draft, adding more spin to his slider and improving hitting his spots inside.<ref>{{Cite news |title=オリックス斎藤「記憶に残る」地元札幌でプロ初勝利 - プロ野球 : 日刊スポーツ |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/news/202007310001181.html |access-date=2024-04-29 |language=ja}}</ref> On being traded to the Dragons, under the tutelage of [[Akinori Otsuka]], Saito switched to a three-quarter delivery increasing his velocity and whiff rate with his slider.<ref>{{Cite news |title=「ラストチャンス」でフォーム改造ハマった 輝き放つ中日の斎藤綱記 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex 野球 |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/baseball/news/2023/08/13/kiji/20230812s00001173511000c.html |access-date=2024-04-29 |language=ja}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Chunichi Dragons roster navbox}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Umetsu, Kodai}}
[[Category:1996 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Japanese baseball players]]
[[Category:Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers]]
[[Category:Chunichi Dragons players]]
[[Category:Nippon Ham Fighters players]]
[[Category:Orix Buffaloes players]]
[[Category
eople from Sapporo]]
Okumaya devam et...
{{short description|Japanese baseball player}}
{{Infobox NPB player
|name=Kōki Saitō<br />齋藤綱記
|image=Koki Saito pitcher of Dragons NPB.jpg
|image_size=250
|caption=
|position=[[Pitcher]]
|team=Chunichi Dragons
|number=59
|bats=Left
|throws=Left
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1996|12|18}}
|birth_place= [[Kita-ku, Sapporo|Kita-ku]],[[Sapporo, Hokkaido]], Japan
|debutleague = [[Nippon Professional Baseball|NPB]]
|debutteam = Chunichi Dragons
|debutyear = 18 September 2016
| statyear = 2023 season
| statleague = NPB
| stat1label = [[Win–loss record]]
| stat1value = 4-1
| stat2label = [[Innings pitched]]
| stat2value = 75
| stat3label = [[Earned run average]]
| stat3value = 4.56
| stat4label = [[Strikeout]]s
| stat4value = 72
|teams=
* [[Orix Buffaloes]] ({{Baseball year|2016}}–{{Baseball year|2022}})
* [[Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters]] ({{Baseball year|2023}})
* [[Chunichi Dragons]] ({{Baseball year|2023}}–present)
}}
{{nihongo|'''Kōki Saitō'''|齋藤綱記|Saitō Kōki|extra=born December 18, 1996}} is a professional Japanese [[baseball]] player. He plays [[pitcher]] for the [[Chunichi Dragons]]. He previously played for the [[Orix Buffaloes]] and the [[Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters]].
==Professional career==
Starting his career at the [[Orix Buffaloes]], Saitō was traded to the [[Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters]] for catcher, [[Ryō Ishikawa]] of the [[Orix Buffaloes]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=INC |first=SANKEI DIGITAL |date=2022-11-10 |title=日本ハム・石川亮との交換トレードが成立したオリックス・斎藤綱記は「新天地で活躍することが」「両球団への恩返し」 |url=https://www.sanspo.com/article/20221110-PMXSOA7L3RKX5MF6XAGRGYKPCE/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |language=ja}}</ref> Less than a year later, Saitō would be involved in a trade alongside [[Shingo Usami]] for [[Yūya Gunji]] and [[Takumi Yamamoto]] of the [[Chunichi Dragons]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-06-19 |title=日本ハムと中日が交換トレード正式発表 宇佐見＆齋藤綱、郡司＆山本…齋藤綱は1年で2度の移籍 |url=https://full-count.jp/2023/06/19/post1398448/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |language=ja}}</ref>
==Pitching style==
Saitō's fastball tops out at 144 km/h. His normal pitch mix includes a vertical and horizontal moving slider, a curveball, a changeup and a splitter.<ref>{{Cite news |title=北照・斎藤プロ１本「指名だけ考えてる」 - 高校野球ニュース |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/highschool/news/p-bb-tp3-20140925-1372469.html |access-date=2024-04-29 |language=ja}}</ref> In 2017, he switched to a side-throwing action with the addition of fellow lefty, [[Daiki Tajima]] in the first round of the draft, adding more spin to his slider and improving hitting his spots inside.<ref>{{Cite news |title=オリックス斎藤「記憶に残る」地元札幌でプロ初勝利 - プロ野球 : 日刊スポーツ |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/news/202007310001181.html |access-date=2024-04-29 |language=ja}}</ref> On being traded to the Dragons, under the tutelage of [[Akinori Otsuka]], Saito switched to a three-quarter delivery increasing his velocity and whiff rate with his slider.<ref>{{Cite news |title=「ラストチャンス」でフォーム改造ハマった 輝き放つ中日の斎藤綱記 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex 野球 |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/baseball/news/2023/08/13/kiji/20230812s00001173511000c.html |access-date=2024-04-29 |language=ja}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Chunichi Dragons roster navbox}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Umetsu, Kodai}}
[[Category:1996 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Japanese baseball players]]
[[Category:Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers]]
[[Category:Chunichi Dragons players]]
[[Category:Nippon Ham Fighters players]]
[[Category:Orix Buffaloes players]]
[[Category
eople from Sapporo]]Okumaya devam et...