Professional baseball Orix announced on the 17th that pitcher Taisuke Yamaoka, who has left the battlefield due to a sense of discomfort in his right elbow, underwent cleaning surgery on his right elbow.
The total cure is expected to be at least two months, and the return during the regular season has become difficult.
Pitcher Yamaoka has been a part of the starting rotation since the opening of this season for the fifth year, but he complained of discomfort in his right elbow in the match against Nippon-Ham Fighters on June 22, and got off the mound in the middle of the first round, and the 1st army The player registration has been deleted.
After that, pitcher Yamaoka pitched in four games with the 2nd army from last month aiming for a return in relief, but the condition of his right elbow did not return, and according to the team, on the 17th, a cleaning operation on his right elbow was performed at a hospital in Okayama prefecture. It means that I received it.
The total cure is expected to be at least two months, and the return during the regular season has become difficult.
Pitcher Yamaoka has scored 3 wins and 4 losses and an ERA of 3.89 ahead of 12 games so far.
Orix, who is aiming to win the league title for the first time in 25 years, is chasing the leader Lotte by 3.5 games, and with 29 games remaining, the team won the title with the highest win rate with a thin relief team. I was hoping for the addition of the proven pitcher Yamaoka.