Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki out of World Baseball Classic for Japan with injury

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese outfielder Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs will miss the upcoming World Baseball Classic due to an harm.

Suzuki’s absence was confirmed on Tuesday by Nippon Professional Baseball.

The World Baseball Classic opens on March 8 and ends on March 21.

The Cubs advised Japanese baseball officers that Suzuki had a left indirect harm. The harm is usually described as a facet pressure. Suzuki is coaching with the Cubs in Arizona.

Suzuki was on Japan’s roster for the 2017 WBC and performed on Japan’s gold-medal staff within the one-year delayed Tokyo Olympics. Japanese news company Kyodo reported that Hanshin Tigers outfielder Koji Chikamoto is a attainable alternative.

Japan opens on March 9 on the Tokyo Dome in opposition to China.