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 ...

All eyes were on the baseball as it traveled high in the air, soaring over the right-field fence and beyond the trees. Oohs and aahs were followed by applause. Hideki Matsui smiled and gave a ...

The 'master' who led the Japanese baseball world has passed away. According to Japanese local media, Japanese baseball's ...

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 ...

Find out how beloved by Japan's public like no other, the former Yomiuri Giants superstar passes away due to pneumonia. He was a Torchbearer at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Japanese pro baseball legend Nagashima Shigeo has died. He was 89. His former team the Yomiuri Giants announced early Tuesday ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Shigeo Nagashima, who was known in Japan as "Mr. Pro Baseball" and was one of the most famous people in the country during ...

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.