Nippon Professional Baseball
Injury report for Saitama Seibu Lions at Chiba Lotte Marines (Nippon Professional Baseball, ZOZO Marine Stadium): Saitama Seibu Lions have 4 out and 1 doubtful; Chiba Lotte Marines have 3 out and 0 doubtful.
Saitama Seibu Lions
- Manaya NishikawaOFReturned
Left knee MCL injury (7/31); re-activated 10/5 · Expected return: Returned
- Masayuki KuwaharaOFOut
Right calf strain (9/5, deregistered 9/9) · Expected return: TBD
- Yutaro WatanabeSPOut
Right elbow pain (left 9/11 start after 4 innings) · Expected return: TBD
- Trey WingenterRPOut
Right elbow tightness (9/23); ramping up throwing · Expected return: TBD
- Chihiro SumidaSPQuestionable
Hit by batted ball 9/28; back in full practice, manager Nishiguchi says CS use is possible · Expected return: Possible for CS
- Gakuto WakabayashiOFOut
Pectineus strain (deregistered 8/9) · Expected return: TBD
10/5: OF Manaya Nishikawa activated from injury. Development players Sinclair and Koichi Okumura released
Chiba Lotte Marines
- Atsuki TaneichiSPOut
Left Achilles rupture (4/25, surgery 4/30); joining first-team pregame practice as of 9/19 · Expected return: TBD
- Yuto KimuraPOut
Right elbow UCL damage, internal brace surgery (6/18) · Expected return: TBD
- Shota UedaCOut
Right Achilles tendon repair surgery (2/27) · Expected return: TBD
10/5: P Kazuya Ojima removed from active roster, P Yuji Nishino activated. Six players released, incl. IF Shogo Nakamura and P Rikima Ichijo (top-team contracts)