Nippon Professional Baseball
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
- Taiga TsujiPOut
Left elbow ligament reconstruction (surgery Sep 11); no return timetable (long-term)
- Ren Hirakawa-Injured list
Fractured left ankle and right hamate; being managed
- Yuta SaitoPInjured list
Right shoulder periarthritis; under observation since Aug 20
- Sota ShimanouchiPInjured list
Torn right calf muscle; returned to the farm team Sep 1
- Hiroki TokodaPReturned
Left shoulder periarthritis; returned to the top team Aug 18
- Taylor HearnPInjured list
Foreign pitcher. Right oblique injury; resumed playing catch
No notable trades or foreign-player changes in the last two weeks
Yomiuri Giants
- Shunsuke UrataIFOut
Central League stolen-base leader (36) hurt his elbow and wrist on a diving catch Sep 14; deactivated Sep 17, ruled out today · Expected return: Eligible to be re-activated after Sep 27
- Mikiya Kinoshita-Out
Elbow ligament reconstruction; long-term absence
- Makoto Kyomoto-Out
Elbow ligament reconstruction; long-term absence
- Kai Yokogawa-Injured list
Resumed throwing Sep 10 (farm team) after left elbow arthroscopic surgery
- TaiseiPInjured list
Right elbow tightness; deactivated Jul 12
- Iori Yamasaki-Injured list
Right shoulder discomfort; deactivated Aug 24
- Rentaro MatsuiCInjured list
Recovering from collarbone surgery
Shunsuke Urata's deactivation (Sep 17) is the biggest news of the last two weeks; no trades or releases