It was an uncharacteristically poor performance by Matsui, who entered Saturday with a solid 2.74 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and 10.2 K/9 through 23 appearances. He hasn't been on the fantasy radar, though, since ...

Dylan Cease was not horrible. Again. While not horrible is far short of what the San Diego Padres need from Cease, what he is ...

Andrew McCutchen homered into the second deck in left field off Dylan Cease, Bailey Falter combined with three relievers on a ...

Star closer Yuki Matsui looks to be interested in a potential move to Major League Baseball, as a Yahoo Japan report (Japanese language link) indicates that Matsui has exercised his international ...

He was drafted in the first round of the Nippon Professional Baseball draft the following year and debuted in NPB at 18. After beginning his career as a starter, Matsui shifted to relief and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Yuki Matsui can earn $33.6 million over five seasons with the San Diego Padres if the Japanese reliever becomes the team’s closer, and the pitcher could opt out of the deal ...

Yuki Matsui was drafted in the 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball draft and went on to sign for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. Since then, he has been a vital member of their bullpen ...

Matsui played 10 seasons in the majors from ... “Obviously, it’s a big deal in the Japanese baseball industry as well. So I’m going to look forward to the next one," Ohtani said.

"The Yankees have a great baseball tradition and great players. It's the ballclub that would most challenge me. That's where I wanted to show my abilities.'' Matsui must pass a physical for the ...

This skepticism was echoed by Hideki Matsui, a seasoned player with more than a decade of experience in Major League Baseball when he shared his reservations about Shohei Ohtani’s ambitious two ...

Matsui left the high-water mark in his final ... Meanwhile, Ohtani and the Dodgers have said they wish to move on and focus on baseball. The NFL Draft is in the books and we decided to do ...