Rakuten, a professional baseball company, has announced that it has been confirmed that Ryosuke Tatsumi, who has started in almost all games at the center this season, has been infected with the new coronavirus.
According to the team, Tatsumi was determined to be positive in the PCR test that the team regularly conducts on the 19th.
Tatsumi was in the starting lineup as No. 6 and center in the match against Nippon-Ham in Sapporo on the night of the 18th, but he was replaced without participating in the game.
He is currently recovering from the team.
Tatsumi, who won the Golden Glove Award last season, has played in almost every game as a center in his fourth season.
He had a batting average of 20%, 7 minutes and 2 minutes, eight home runs, and 28 RBIs, and in June, he hit two home runs in one inning, contributing to the team's batting, which was an issue.