January 18, 2022 00:07
On the 17th, a series of new coronavirus infections were confirmed in professional baseball. Six players, including Yuki Yanagita outfielder of Softbank who was practicing in Ureno city, Saga prefecture, Kotaro Kiyomiya infielder of Nippon-Ham, received a positive judgment, and Nobuhiro Matsuda infielder of Softbank who was practicing in Kumamoto city. Six players were also positive.
In the group of Yanagida et al., Lotte’s Hisanori Yasuda infielder, Softbank’s Yusuke Masago outfielder and Kenta Tanigawara catcher, Seibu’s Daisuke Togawa outfielder and two staff members. From the group of Matsuda et al., Softbank’s Taisei Makihara infielder and Daiki Nomura infielder, DeNA’s Toshiro Miyazaki infielder and Hiroki Minei catcher, Seibu’s Haruka Kaede infielder and one staff member.
2022-01-18 00:11 update