Pitcher Yasushi Matsuda has been a member of BC Ibaraki since last season after working for Takashi Kanazawa and Takushoku University.
Ibaraki Astro Planets of the route-in BC league announced on the 17th that pitcher Yasushi Matsuda has signed a minor contract with the Dodgers. At a press conference on the same day, Matsuda said, “My goal is to become the best baseball player in the world.”
Matsuda is a large right arm who is 193 cm tall, weighs 93 kg, and boasts the fastest speed of 155 kg. Entered Takushoku University from Ishikawa / Kanazawa High School and played at BC Ibaraki from last season. Due to the impact of Tommy John’s surgery last July, he pitched only three games last season.
Even so, in the match against the Giants 3rd Army held on April 16th last year, Yoshiya Matsui, Infielder Ren Kato, and Riku Masuda infielder took three consecutive strikes. This caught the eye of the Dodgers scouting director and even signed the deal.
I had longed for majors since I was in elementary school, but it became a reality around June last year. Touma Irokawa GM suddenly asked me to go to the Dodgers on the phone. “I thought,’What is this person saying …’. I still don’t really feel it,” he said. Matsuda is currently undergoing rehabilitation. “First of all, I want to heal my injury and throw 160 kg,” he said. A large right arm that won a unique contract crosses the sea and grabs the American dream.
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