Rakuten Eagles infielder Luke Voit (35) was removed from the active roster on the 18th.
Voit has played in 20 games for the first team this season, batting .119 with 0 Home Run and 3 RBI. After being sent down to the minor leagues for readjustment, he was promoted back to the first team on the 15th, but in the two games he has played since then, he has gone 0 hit struck out At Bat failing to produce the results one would expect.
Additionally, pitcher Chiharu Tanaka (25) has also been removed from the active roster.
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