The Giants, a professional baseball team that won the league for the first time in four years, announced on the 30th that they will not sign infielder Hirokazu Kikuta and seven players under development to contracts for next season. Fans responded by saying, “It’s a tough time,” and “Notice of being out of action” was trending on X (formerly Twitter).

There are two types of notifications: first and second notifications. The first notification will begin the day after the second-team official game ends, so it was announced after the Eastern League and Western League had completed their entire schedule on the 29th. On this day, Yakult also notified seven players, including pitcher Shinya Kayama, pitcher Yuya Onaka, and infielder Taiki Mitsumata, to be out of action. In addition, Sankei Sports and other outlets reported that DeNA outfielders Yasushi Ota and Yasushi Kusumoto have been removed from next season’s plans.

As the regular season draws to a close, announcements regarding next season’s contracts are starting to come out from each team. One after another, people complained, “It feels like autumn when it happens,” and “It’s depressing.”

Regarding Ota, who wishes to continue as an active player, he said, “He is from Hiroshima, so is there a chance to become a right-handed hitter?” “He can still do it, so how about Seibu next season?” “Please come back to Ham,” he said, asking for a comeback with another team. There were many requests for this.