Orix Buffaloes officially announced that developmental players Mu-heng Chen (Chen Muhen) pitcher (20), Hitomi Honda (Hitomi) pitcher (27), and Reiji Higashiyama pitcher (26) would be registered under the main roster. number were decided to have Chen at 92, Honda at 46, and Higashiyama at 54. This was the first time the team registered three developmental players simultaneously. On the day before the deadline on the 31st, the maximum limit for registered players was set at 70.

Chen, originally from Taiwan, is such a prodigy that major league teams have shown interest. He joined the team in October 2024, and in his second year with the team, he showed signs of blossoming talent. So far, he has pitched in two farm league games, runs a total of 6 inning. Overcoming a brief period of poor condition, in the Hanshin Tigers game (SGL) on the 19th, he clocked 152 km/h, nearly 1 km/h. A true right-hander who has envisioned his ideal as a starter, saying, "I want to be like Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitcher." He stood at the starting line toward his dream in a foreign land.

Two powerful relief pitchers are returning to the main roster. Honda, a right-hander in his ninth year, has appeared in a total of 96 games. Due to the effects of right elbow surgery, he was placed on a development contract for the first time in the offseason of his rookie year in 2018, and was registered as a main roster player in July of the following year. He contributed to the team's consecutive league championships in 2022 and 2023, but underwent cleaning surgery on his right elbow last September. He is currently gaining experience pitching in games along with Higashiyama, a second-year right-hander who underwent Tommy John surgery on his right elbow last May. They have been judged to be fully capable of contributing to the first team.

The team finished the first half of the season with a .500 winning percentage, 46 wins, 46 losses, and 2 ties. They are 6 games behind the third-place Nippon-Ham who are in a playoff spot. With ace pitchers Miyagi and Yamashita sidelined this season due to left and right elbow surgeries respectively, strengthening pitcher staff has been a key focus. pitcher from the University of Georgia, whom they drafted in the sixth round last fall, has joined the Reds. They are doing everything they can to make a comeback from fourth place in Pacific League in the remaining 49 games.

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◆Hitomi Honda: Born July 28, 1999, in Yokohama City. Age 26. Started playing baseball in the first grade of Kitayamato Elementary School with the Kitayamato Dreams, and played for the soft baseball club at Tsukimino Junior High School. Did not participate in Koshien while at Seisa International Shonan High School in Kanagawa. Joined Orix Buffaloes in the 2017 draft as the 4th pick. Career record: 6 wins, 6 losses, 2 saves, 30 hold, and ERA 4.66 in 96 games. 181 cm, 74 kg. Right-handed pitcher, left-handed batter. Annual salary: 20 million yen.

◆Reiji Higashiyama: Born May 5, 2000, in Sakaide City, Kagawa Prefecture. Age 26. Started playing baseball in the Sakaide Kawazu baseball Sports Club during his time at Kawazu Elementary School, and played for the soft baseball club at Sakaide Junior High School. Did not participate in Koshien while at Marugame, Kagawa. After attending the same university and playing for ENEOS in the corporate league, he joined Orix Buffaloes in the 2024 draft as the 5th pick. 180 cm, 83 kg. Right-handed pitcher and batter. Annual salary: 7 million yen.