The Cubs dismissed the interpreter for Seiya Suzuki.

Toy Matsushita will no longer serve as Suzuki’s voice in interviews with American media, a team source said Thursday, framing it as an organizational decision to go in a different direction. Those responsibilities, which also included relaying messages from the front office and the coaching staff to Suzuki, will be absorbed by two Cubs staffers.

The Athletic via BleedCubbieBlue.com

This appears to be a cost saving measure by the Cubs, but we heard some bad news the last time a Japanese interpreter was dismissed.