Hiroshima, a professional baseball team, announced that Masahito Morishita, who won 10 wins this season, had surgery to remove the thorns in his right elbow.
According to the team, pitcher Morishita underwent surgery on the 26th at a hospital in Gunma Prefecture to remove the bone thorns of the right elbow joint.
Morishita pitched in 27 games this season, threw a league-high 178 innings and two-thirds, won 10 wins, the highest in the team, and recorded an ERA of 3.17.
He was also selected as a member of the Japanese national team for the warm-up game to be held in November for the WBC = World Baseball Classic to be held in March next year, but he declined due to pain in his right elbow. .
According to the team's trainer, the complete recovery is undecided, but it will take about 3 to 4 months to resume pitching due to surgery to remove bone thorns, which is generally called cleaning, so Morishita will soon be discharged. I am planning to start rehabilitation.
In addition, pitcher Daichi Osera underwent the same surgery at the end of the season, and pitcher Osera is the opening pitcher for the following year, so pitcher Morishita is also expected to be in time for the opening of the next season.
Kaito Kozono undergoes surgery on his left index finger
In addition, the team announced that Kaito Kozono, an infielder in his fourth year as a professional, underwent surgery to remove the bump on his left index finger that had been there since he joined the team.