◆ Pacific League Rakuten Eagles Rakuten vs. Lotte (30th, Rakuten Eagles Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi)
Rakuten Eagles 's catcher, YG Yasuda, joined the first team on the 30th.
YG Yasuda has appeared in 15 games for the first team this season, batting .158 with 1 Home Run and 4 RBI. He was removed from the active roster on May 21, but he had been in good form in the farm league, even recording a 9-game hit.
Fellow catcher Ishihara was removed from the active roster on the 29th due to injury. YG Yasuda will seize this opportunity.
![[Video] What?! Rakuten Eagles players doing strength training during a game](https://hochi.news/images/2026/04/03/20260403-OHT1I51418-L.jpg)
![[Scoreboard] Rakuten Eagles vs. Lotte](https://hochi.news/assets/v2/img/hochi_news_sns.png)
![[Lotte] Manabu Mima started in his retirement game, striking out the leadoff batter Hideto Asamura struck out before being replaced. The second pitcher was his Chuo University junior, Takuichi Sawamura.](https://hochi.news/images/2025/09/30/20250930-OHT1I51251-L.jpg)
![[Rakuten Eagles] YG's Yasuda deregistered, to join second team; batting average .158 over 15 games, 1 Home Run Missed on the 20th, Swings and struck out Kenta Maeda Misses on the 20th, Also Removed](https://hochi.news/images/2026/05/21/20260521-OHT1I51233-L.jpg)
