Lotte, the leader in professional baseball and the Pacific League, announced that Martin, who has hit 25 home runs at the top of the team, broke his right leg.
Martin started in the 4th light against Nippon-Ham Fighters at Sapporo Dome on the 19th, but according to the team, he missed the match on the 20th because he hit his right foot in that match. Did.
Then, on the 21st, as a result of being examined at a hospital in Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture, he was diagnosed with a broken right instep, and his registration as a player in the 1st Army was canceled.
Martin will be rehabilitating in the future, but his return during the season has been subtle.
Martin from Cuba is 33 years old.
This season, his third year in Japan, he has played 99 games and has a batting average of 20%, 4 minutes and 9 minutes, but he has 25 home runs at the top of the team and is third in the Pacific League.
Lotte, who runs at the top of the league, will be lit for the first time on the 22nd with a magic number to win, but the departure of Martin, who has been pulling the line that boasts the top score in both leagues so far, is a big pain in the battle for victory. It will be a hand.