Seibu's Kaima Taira, who achieved a new record for 39 consecutive games without any goals this season, underwent surgery on his right ankle joint.
According to the team, it is expected that it will take about three months to return to the actual battle.
On the 23rd of this month, Pitcher Taira underwent surgery to remove the bones of his right ankle joint using an endoscope at a hospital in Tokyo.
According to the team, the postoperative course is going well, and it is expected that it will take about three months to return to the actual battle.
Pitcher Taira is 21 years old from Okinawa prefecture.
With a straight of 160km at the fastest and a sharp changing ball, he won the rookie of the year with 33 holds in 2nd place in the league last season.
This season, the fourth year, he was selected as a member of the Japan national team, who achieved a new record for professional baseball in 39 games in a row and won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
Pitcher Taira marked a good record of 3 wins, 4 losses, 20 saves, 21 holds, and an ERA of 0.90 in 62 games this season, but his registration as a player in the 1st army was canceled on the 15th of this month.