On the 29th, Rakuten announced that it had informed infielder Toshiki Abe that he would not be signing a player contract for the 2026 season.

Nicknamed "The Master," Abe joined Chunichi in the fifth round of the 2003 draft, and in 1919 became the first player in his career to reach the batting order, batting .291. In 2010, he played in 133 games, his most in a season, but was traded to Rakuten in the offseason of that year. Rakuten He played in 78 games in his first and second years at Home Run, but this season he played in 43 games, batting .219 with 3 and 8 RBI runs batted in.