Yutaro Sugimoto, last year's home run king of the professional baseball Pacific League and the central axis of Orix this season, was canceled from the 1st Army player registration on the 26th due to an injury to his left thigh.
Last season, Sugimoto hit 32 home runs to win the title of home run king in the Pacific League, and this season as well, he has hit 15 home runs, which is the top of the team as a core member of Orix.
According to the team, Sugimoto felt uncomfortable with his left leg, so as a result of an examination at a hospital, he was diagnosed with a muscle injury on the back of his left thigh, and on the 26th, his registration as a player in the 1st army was canceled.
On the 21st of this month, Sugimoto was deregistered as a special player due to the possibility of close contact with a person infected with the new coronavirus, and was just registered again on the 25th.
Orix is in 3rd place, 2 games behind the leader, but with less than 30 games remaining, the midfielder was forced to leave the battlefield in the final battle.