It was confirmed that Yutaro Sugimoto of Orix was infected with the new coronavirus at the home run king of professional baseball and Pacific League last season.
Ryota Murani also complained of poor physical condition and deregistered
According to the team, Sugimoto complained of poor physical condition in Tokyo on the 27th, and when he underwent a PCR test, he was judged to be positive, and the registration of the 1st army player was canceled due to a special case of the new coronavirus.
Sugimoto has a sore throat and he is being treated away from the team.
Sugimoto, who is in his seventh year as a professional player, was overtaken by No. 4 last season and hit 32 home runs to become the first home run king, but this season he has a batting average of 10% and 3 minutes in 25 games. The slump continued with 3 home runs and 1 home run.
In addition, according to the team, pitcher Ryota Muranishi, who has pitched in 10 games as a middle reliever this season, has also been inspected for being in poor physical condition, so the registration of the 1st army player has been deleted as a special case of the new coronavirus. it was done.