Professional baseball Hanshin announced that two new players, including pitcher Yuki Nishi, who is expected to be one of the starting pitchers, have been positively tested for the new coronavirus this season.
This brings the number of athletes and coaches confirmed to be infected in Hanshin from the 20th to the 21st.
According to the team's announcement, pitcher Nishi and pitcher Yukiya Saito, who are celebrating their fourth year of the season, were tested for the new coronavirus on the afternoon of the 21st and were tested positive on the night of the 21st. ..
It means that pitchers Nishi and Saito have no noticeable symptoms such as fever.
The two were scheduled to join the camp starting on the 1st of next month as members of the 1st Army, but it is undecided to join the team.
Among them, pitcher Nishi has been active as a pillar of the starting pitcher, marking a double-digit victory for the second consecutive year since he transferred to Hanshin in 2019, and has been listed as one of the candidates for the opening pitcher by Director Yano this season as well. I did.
Hanshin announced on the evening of the 21st that the third-year pitcher Junya Nishi and two coaches also received a positive test for the new coronavirus on the 20th, and the infection was confirmed in Hanshin from the 20th to the 21st. A total of 5 people were done.
The team commented that the five people are receiving medical treatment at their homes and accommodation facilities, and that "in the future, we will follow the instructions of medical institutions and health centers under their jurisdiction."