Nippon Professional Baseball
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
- Carter Stewart Jr.POut
Right knee pain, targeting bullpen session at month's end
- Ryuta InagawaPOut
Left knee meniscus injury, surgery Jul 29 · Expected return: 2–3 months after surgery
- Chang Chun-weiPOut
Right elbow discomfort, making rehab appearances
- Shun AntokuPOut
Right elbow Tommy John surgery (Feb 13) · Expected return: About 12 months of rehab
- Alexander ArmentaPOut
Left elbow discomfort, rehab going well
- Takehiro HasegawaPOut
Left elbow Tommy John and herniated disc surgery (Apr 1) · Expected return: 2–3 months
- Soma IshimiIFOut
Surgery on both patellar tendons (Aug 4) · Expected return: 3–4 months
Probable starter: Otsu. Acquired C Yudai Yamamoto from DeNA in a May 13 three-team trade; signed foreign players incl. Jackson Rutledge
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
- Shota WatanabePOut
Right elbow cleanup surgery (Aug 25); right ankle surgery scheduled (Nov 13)
- Wataru KarashimaPOut
Left elbow cleanup surgery, rehabbing
- Yuki HayashiPOut
Left elbow arthropathy surgery and ulna fracture fixation, rehabbing
- Takuma MatsudaPOut
Right elbow olecranon stress fracture fixation; set for a development contract next season
- Luke VoitIFOut
Right elbow ligament damage; rehabbing after tendon repair surgery (Aug 1)
Probable starter: Takioka. Signed foreign players Yonawil Florimon Rodríguez (Aug 25), Junior Marté (Jul 6) and José Ureña (Jan 14)