Yakult Rookie Yasunobu Okukawa has mild inflammation in his right elbow January 16, 19:07
Yasuhiro Okukawa, the No. 1 rookie in professional baseball and Yakult, was diagnosed with slight inflammation in his right elbow, and decided not to practice throwing for the time being.
According to General Manager Junji Ogawa of Yakult, pitcher Okukawa was found to have mild inflammation in his right elbow in a test conducted after a draft meeting last November, and after examining the course at the hospital on March 15, inflammation remained. Is diagnosed as having
Okukawa has been conducting joint voluntary training for newcomers in Toda City, Saitama since 7th of this month, but will not practice throwing for the time being on 16th.
Ogawa General Manager said, "I'm getting better, but I'm taking care that there's a bit of inflammation left. It won't take long before I can be thrown."