Overview
- Yakult’s Yasunobu Okugawa signed for an estimated ¥32 million, up ¥11 million, after reaching 100 innings for the first time in three years and was told to establish himself as a rotation anchor despite a 4–8 record and 4.32 ERA.
- Salaries for other Yakult players were reported as estimates: Yasutaka Shiomi down to about ¥43 million, Haruto Yamano up to about ¥23 million, and rookie Shogo Shimokawa up to about ¥9 million.
- Seibu’s Sosuke Genda kept his ¥300 million salary and vowed to reclaim the everyday shortstop job after playing 104 games this season and seeing his seven-year Golden Glove streak end.
- Seibu pitcher Kaima Takaeuchi signed at an estimated ¥38.5 million after a 4–5 record in 12 games and said he aims to make the Opening Day rotation.
- Reliever Yamada signed at an estimated ¥30 million for Seibu following 49 appearances in his debut season.