[5] If no matches are played for ten days for scheduling reasons, all players will be removed from the roster.
[1] Unlike in Major League Baseball (MLB), where minor-league players belong primarily to minor-league teams, the second- and third-squad players all belong to the same NPB team, with differences in contracts being limited to salaries and contract duration.
[10] During the COVID-19 pandemic, players suspected of having COVID-19 who were removed from the roster were permitted to be re-added before ten days if they tested negative.
[11] The minimum annual salary of first-squad players is 16 million yen (Article 89-2.1).
Players with salaries less than 16 million yen must be paid a bonus proportional to their number of days on the roster.
[1] Free agency attained based on the number years register to the roster.