Orix Buffaloes Ryo Ota infielder He was replaced on June 22 after sustaining a Hit by Pitch injury to his right calf in a game against Kyocera D on June 20 Softbank Hawks. He will be able to join the team on June 2 The Giants (Tokyo D).

In his eighth year as a professional, he has started at No. 4 in 29 games, the most on the team, in the absence of mainstays such as Sugimoto and Tonomiya since the start of the season. He has hit .281 with a .3 Home Run and .20 RBI batting average in 39 games, and was ranked No. 1 in the Pacific League second baseman division with 29,145 votes in the interim fan voting for the ballpark. On this day, he hit catch balls and light machine hitting on Maishima, Osaka. I was doing reasonably well in pitching and hitting. I'm going to have to see how much I can run and defend.