Yakult Swallows: 2012 Additions / Subtractions
by Gen on Mar.13, 2012 @ 5:00 am, under NPB
Additions
| # | Pos | Name | Method | Prev Team |
| 13 | P | Ota, Yuya | Draft 4th Round | |
| 16 | P | Kiya, Ryohei | Draft 2nd Round | |
| 38 | P | Nakane, Yuji | Draft 5th Round | |
| 40 | P | Furuno, Masato | Draft 6th Round | |
| 53 | P | Roman, Orlando | New foreigner | |
| 58 | P | Abe, Kenta | Free Agent | Hanshin |
| 61 | P | Shoda, Itsuki | Free Agent | Niigata (BCL) |
| 62 | P | Kinoshita, Tatsuo | Free Agent | Chunichi |
| 36 | INF | Kawakami, Ryuhei | Draft 1st Round | |
| 32 | INF | Mizuta, Keisuke | Free Agent | Chunichi |
| 0 | OF | Hiyane, Wataru | Draft 3rd Round | |
| 56 | OF | Kusuki, Yusuke | Trade | Rakuten |
| 85 | OF | Milledge, Lastings | New foreigner | |
| 115 | P | Tokuyama, Takeaki | Draft Ikusei 1st Round | |
| 119 | P | Kanabushi, Hugo | Draft Ikusei 2nd Round |
Subtractions
| # | Pos | Player | 2012 |
| 13 | P | Sato, Masaru | Yakult BP pitcher |
| 17 | P | Kawashima, Ryo | Trade (Rakuten) |
| 35 | P | Hashimoto, Yoshitaka | Trade (Rakuten) |
| 46 | P | Okamoto, Naoya | |
| 54 | P | Takaichi, Shun | Nippon Ham BP pitcher |
| 58 | P | Takagi, Hiromitsu | Hopes to continue playing |
| 61 | P | Ishii, Hirotoshi | Yakult coach |
| 62 | P | Yoshikawa, Masahiro | Hopes to continue playing |
| 38 | C | Kinugawa, Atsushi | Yakult staff |
| 40 | INF | Yoshimoto, Ryo | Softbank staff |
| 53 | INF | Whitesell, Josh | Lotte |
| 0 | OF | Hamanaka, Osamu | Retirement |
| 1 | OF | Aoki, Norichika | Milwaukee Brewers (posting) |
| 5 | OF | Guiel, Aaron | Kansa City Royal ML coach |
| 56 | OF | Nakao, Toshihiro | Retirement |
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