It was revealed on the 19th that Rakuten Eagles infielder Luke Voit (35), who was removed from the active roster on the 18th, was removed due to poor physical condition. The team made the announcement.
Voit has played in 20 games for the first team this season, batting .119 with 0 Home Run and 3 RBI. After being sent to the second team 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.
![[Photo] Announcer Ayako Kisa makes a funny face! Also Rakuten Eagles her husband, Rakuten GM Kazuhisa Ishii, and former Yakult manager Takatsu.](https://hochi.news/images/2025/12/13/20251213-OHT1I51403-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Voit removed from roster Chiharu Tanaka who was recalled on the 15th but has been struggling with a .119 batting average in 8 struck out hit 3 At Bat in 2 games and no home runs, will also be removed from the roster.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/05/18/20260518-OHT1I51246-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Voit and McCusker removed from roster and to join minor league team. The foreign player duo is struggling with a batting average in the .100s. The team is on a five-game Akira Shigenaga and Daiki Irie promoted to the first team.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/05/02/20260502-OHT1I51212-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Voit, who is struggling at the plate with a batting average of .140, has been removed from the roster. Manager Hajime Miki says, "I want him to come back in 10 days," Po Hsiang Yang has been promoted.](https://hochi.news/images/2026/04/10/20260410-OHT1I51358-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] Voit joins the first team. The foreign player, who has been showing signs of recovery with a .310 batting average and one Home Run in the farm league, is "returning." Will he be the catalyst to stop the losing streak?](https://hochi.news/images/2026/04/22/20260422-OHT1I51242-L.jpg)
