[Orix] Five players, including Kodai Sano have been released from the team… Hitomi Honda and Kendai Moto appear to be offered development contracts
Sports Hochi
2025.10.2(木) 13:05
On the 2nd, Orix announced that they have notified three controlled players, pitcher Hitomi Honda, outfielder Kendai Moto, and outfielder Kodai Sano, as well as two development players, pitcher Ryota Muranishi and pitcher Taiki Ono that they will not be signing player contracts for next year. Sano’s future is undecided. Muranishi has retired from active play, and Ono has expressed his intention to participate in a joint tryout for the 12 teams. Honda Hitomi and Moto are likely to be offered development contracts.
Gen, now in his fifth year, has played in 31 games this season, mainly as a pinch runner and defense replacement. However, in September he was diagnosed with right subclavian vein thrombosis, and has since been undergoing rehabilitation in Maishima, Osaka. “There’s nothing we can do about what has happened. Right now, my biggest thing is that I want to play baseball again, so I want to be able to play as soon as possible. My play this year has been well-received, and I’ve been told that I’ll be able to play as soon as I’m healed, so I’ll do my best,” he said, setting his sights on returning to the regular team in time for the opening game of next season.
Honda Jin, in his eighth year with the team, has not pitched in the first team this season, and in September underwent right elbow cleaning surgery and right elbow ulnar nerve avulsion. He is currently undergoing rehabilitation at Maishima, Osaka, with the aim of returning to action. “It’s been a month since the surgery, but I think I’ll probably be able to play catch around next month,” he emphasized. “I haven’t pitched in the first team this year, and even though I wasn’t doing well in the second team, they pushed me to have surgery, so I hope to repay them with some results. I think I’ll be able to pitch normally in spring training (in February), so I hope to make an impression from there,” he said, looking ahead to the start of next season.
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