Departures of note

Brian Thomas Wolfe was an American professional baseball pitcher who reached the major leagues with the Toronto Blue Jays and spent nine seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in Japan. He made his MLB debut with the Blue Jays in 2007 and appeared in 72 major-league games, posting a 5–5 record with a 3.81 earned run average. He joined the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in 2010, and from the following season recorded double-digit wins in two consecutive years. Wolfe later pitched for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and the Saitama Seibu Lions, finishing his NPB career with a 56–40 record, three saves, and a 3.43 ERA across 167 appearances through 2018. He died in September 2026 at age 45 after a battle with illness.