◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles Softbank Hawks 16th -Rakuten Eagles Mobile is the strongest team)
Rakuten Eagles Eagles pitcher Kenta Maeda (38) joined the first team on the 16th.
The right-handed pitcher, who returned to NPB this season after an 11-year absence, has appeared in four games for the first team, with a record of 0 wins and 2 losses and ERA 4.41. In the game against Nippon-Ham on the 6th, he pitched 5 innings, giving up 3 hit and 1 runs, and was not given a decision. He was removed from the active roster on the 7th.
After joining the minor league team, he started in a farm league game against Nippon-Ham on the 13th (in Kamagaya), pitching well with 7 innings pitched, 5 hit and 1 runs allowed. It was his first appearance since being removed from the active roster on the 7th, and he threw a season-high 104 pitches, striking out 7 struck out.
![[Rakuten Eagles] Voit joins the first team. Although he was removed from the active roster on the 2nd, he has been expected to be a catalyst for the team, with 9 At Bat 19 hit bats over 5 games in the minor leagues.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/05/15/20260515-OHT1I51043-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Draft pick #3, Akira Shigenaga, removed from roster and to join the minor league team. He went hit in 9 at-At Bat, postponing his first professional hit. Voit is recalled to the first team.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/05/15/20260515-OHT1I51102-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Voit promoted to the first team and immediately put in starting line-up as the #6 hitter and designated hitter. Will the foreign player be the catalyst? Takahisa Hayakawa to start.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/05/15/20260515-OHT1I51200-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Naoki Sato hits a three-run homer against his former team, Softbank Hawks. Joined Rakuten Eagles through the active player draft. "I'm glad it worked out well." Four runs scored by the second inning, putting Rakuten on a two-game winning streak.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/05/15/20260515-OHT1I51257-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Takahisa Hayakawa achieves an incredible 5th consecutive quality start for his 3rd win: "I was able to pitch tenaciously." His excellent performance of 8 innings, 4 hit 2 runs allowed led the team to their 2nd consecutive win.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/05/15/20260515-OHT1I51460-L.jpg)
