Nippon Professional Baseball
Orix Buffaloes
- Shunpeita YamashitaPOut
Right elbow Tommy John surgery · Expected return: Targeting return next season
- Hiroya MiyagiPOut
Left elbow Tommy John surgery (May 20), rehabbing
- Kaede YokoyamaPOut
Right elbow ligament reconstruction surgery (Aug 22)
- Kohei AzumaPOut
Right elbow UCL injury, internal brace surgery (Sep 5)
- Tomoya MoriCOut
Left wrist synovectomy (Aug 26), out for season
Probable starter: Takashima. Several other pitchers also deactivated. Traded OF Sei Endo to Yakult on Jul 26; a season with many key pitchers lost
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
- Tsubasa NabatamePOut
Left oblique injury · Expected return: About 6–8 weeks to return
- Takumi YamamotoPOut
Right elbow cleanup surgery · Expected return: About 3 months to return
- Haruka NemotoPOut
Left elbow cleanup surgery, rehab going well
- Naoki ArizonoIFOut
Left hamate bone removal surgery · Expected return: Batting practice possible in about 4 weeks
- Franmil ReyesOFOut
Right hamstring injury · Expected return: About 2 weeks to return
Probable starter: Arihara. Traded Toshihiro Sugiura to Chunichi on Apr 12; development-player swap trade on Jul 3