Professional baseball Orix announced that three players and one staff member, including Masataka Yoshida, who is the top hitter for the second consecutive year until last year and plays a central role in the batting line, were infected with the new coronavirus.
According to the team, the infection of the new corona was confirmed by Yoshida, infielders Ryoichi Adachi, Seiichiro Oshita, and one staff member, a total of four people.
All four were tested positive on the 8th, which means that Adachi and the staff have fever symptoms, and Yoshida and Oshita have no symptoms.
Yoshida, who plays a central role in the batting average, has won the top batter for two consecutive years until last year, and this season also has a batting average of 30%, 2 minutes, 5 RBIs and 25 RBIs, both of which are in 3rd place in the league on the 8th. Even in the Rakuten match, he made a full appearance as No. 4.
Since the end of last month, ORIX has been withdrawn from the main players such as Yutaro Sugimoto and Shuhei Fukuda, who are home run kings of last season, infected with the new corona, and the team situation is severe with 7 consecutive losses until the 8th.