Professional baseball “extended in 10 times” Special application for corona infection prevention June 17 21:33
The 12 baseball teams of NPB=Japan Baseball and professional baseball have decided to provide special cases to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus for the season that opens on the 19th.
It was approved by an extraordinary executive committee of professional baseball held online on the 17th. According to this, special cases can be applied when there is a suspicion of being infected with the new coronavirus or when symptoms such as fever and poor physical condition appear.
In this special case, there is no limit on the number of times that players can be applied to the same number of players, and if the corresponding player is deregistered from one army, it is possible to register again without waiting for 10 days. is.
Regarding the handling of the right acquisition of FA free agents for the corresponding athletes, the new corona is added, including the date when registration is deleted as the start date and the period until the condition recovers and joins the practice of the team. It is said that it will be taken into consideration if it is affected by a virus.
Furthermore, in order to reduce the burden on athletes, the extension will be terminated at 10 times, the number of athletes registered will increase from 29 to 31, and the number of athletes who can enter the bench will increase from 25 to 26.
The number of foreign players will also increase from 4 to 5, but only 4 people can enter the bench. If you use the special rules to say "4 pitchers and 1 fielder" and "1 pitcher and 4 fielders", you cannot change from this combination as long as the team registers 5 people.
In addition, with the number of games reduced from 143 to 120, the title of the pitcher's highest winning rate has been changed from 13 or more of the usual years to 10 or more.