S an Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt said Tuesday that newly signed relief pitcher Yuki Matsui will make his Cactus League debut in Thursday's opening game against the Dodgers. The 27-year-old ...

Before signing for the Padres, Yuki Matsui played 10 seasons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. In his last year in the NPB, Matsui played for the Rakuten Golden Eagles and pitched 57.1 innings.

The San Diego Padres could recover from a quiet offseason by trading for one of the best first basemen in the MLB in short ...

On Wednesday, after learning that Sabathia had been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Matsui issued a statement honoring his former teammate. “CC — congratulations on your ...

LOS ANGELES--Shohei Ohtani hit his 175th home run in Major League Baseball, tying Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japan-born player with a solo shot during the first inning of the Los Angeles ...

Matsui, a three-time MVP of Japan’s Central ... “Shohei is really a baseball player far away from me right now,” Morii said, adding a goal was “to get closer to him as soon as I can.” ...