The Giants announced on the 4th that they will not sign pitchers Kohei Suzuki (30) and pitcher Yuki Takahashi (27) to contracts for next season.

Takahashi joined the team as the No. 1 draft pick in 2018. In 2021, he achieved 11 wins (9 losses) and was active in the opening rotation. In 2022, he had only one win, had cleaning surgery on his left elbow during the off-season, and was signed to a training contract. Last year, he pitched 6 times with 0 wins and 1 loss and an ERA of 5.14, and has not pitched in the first team this season.

Suzuki joined Orix in 2017 as the second pick in the draft from Hitachi, Ltd., an adult company. He was traded to the Giants in May 2023, and pitched in 33 games as a reliever last season. He did not appear in the first team this season.

The Giants have so far announced on September 30th that they have infielder Hirokazu Kikuta (30) under control, pitcher Yusuke Yamazaki (26), pitcher Kenta Onuma (26), pitcher Naoki Kasashima (21), and pitcher Haruhito Kawasaki (20) in development. ), catcher Kenki Maeda (25), infielder Ren Kato (25), and infielder Daisho Okamoto (22) were notified that they are no longer available. Pitcher Hayato Ishida (21) and pitcher Yamato Yogi (21) were made free agents.

The notice period for professional baseball is divided into two stages, with the first stage starting on the 30th and ending on October 11th, and ending the day after the last game for the two teams that lost the Climax Series first stage. The second round will be from the day after the CS complete schedule ends to the day after the Japan Series ends.

*Photo is of pitcher Yuki Takahashi