Nippon Professional Baseball
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
- Carter Stewart Jr.PInjured list
Right knee pain; rehabbing
- Ryuta InagawaPOut
Left knee meniscus surgery · Expected return: 2-3 months to recover
- Chang Chun-weiPInjured list
Right elbow discomfort; making rehab appearances
- Soma IshimiIFOut
Right patellar tendon surgery · Expected return: 3-4 months to recover
- Keita YamamotoIFOut
Right elbow internal brace surgery · Expected return: 6-8 months to recover
Veteran outfielder Akira Nakamura deactivated Sep 9 with a condition issue and announced he will retire after the season (retirement ceremony planned for the Sep 27 game vs Orix).
Orix Buffaloes
- Shunpeita YamashitaPOut
Right elbow Tommy John surgery (May) (ace-level) · Expected return: Targeting playing catch in November
- Tomoya MoriCOut
Left wrist synovectomy; effectively out for the season (starter)
- Hiroya MiyagiPOut
Left elbow Tommy John surgery (May) (ace-level)
- Taishi HirokaIFOut
Lumbar disc herniation surgery
- Keita NakagawaIFInjured list
Left oblique injury; deactivated Sep 11
- Daiki TajimaPInjured list
Left elbow flexor digitorum profundus strain; deactivated Sep 16
A team hit especially hard by injuries (many other pitchers are out long-term after elbow surgery). Ren'o Yamaguchi and Hiroshi registered Sep 11.