Nippon Professional Baseball
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
- Carter Stewart Jr.SPInjured list
Right knee pain (since Aug 13); rehabbing · Expected return: Targeting bullpen sessions again by late September
- Shun AntokuPOut
Tommy John surgery (Feb 13); long-term absence (1st-round prospect)
- Soma IshimiIF/OFOut
Right patellar tendon surgery (Aug 4) · Expected return: Expected 3-4 months
Several September call-ups including foreign pitcher Rutledge; Hotaka Yamakawa returned. Ryosuke Otsu deactivated. No trades/releases.
Orix Buffaloes
- Tomoya MoriCOut
Left wrist arthroscopic synovectomy (Aug 26) · Expected return: Unlikely to return this season
- Taishi HirookaIFInjured list
Lumbar disc herniation surgery (May 20) · Expected return: Return timeline uncertain
- Hiroya MiyagiSPOut
Left elbow Tommy John surgery (in the U.S., May 20); long-term absence
- Ryu SugisawaOFInjured list
Right wrist TFCC surgery (Sep 2); rehabbing
- Keita NakagawaIFInjured list
Left side (oblique) pain (since Sep 10) · Expected return: Return date TBD
Many call-ups in the last 1-2 weeks incl. Yutaro Sugimoto and Reo Yamaguchi; foreign pitcher Jerry called up. No trades/releases.