Yasuo Matsuda signed a minor league deal with the Dodgers. (taken from Japanese media FULL-COUNT)
[Reporter Gong Naiji/Comprehensive Report]Yasuo Matsuda, a 23-year-old pitcher of the Japanese Independent League with a career speed of 155 kilometers, signed a minor league contract with the Dodgers yesterday. He is currently recovering after surgery and is a part-time primary school teacher for living. Unexpectedly Be favored by the Dodgers and fulfill a childhood dream.
Matsuda Yasuo was the ace pitcher of Kanazawa High School in Ishikawa County in his 3rd year of high school, but he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the prefectural conference and missed entering Koshien. , with absolutely no results.
Matsuda Yasuo has played baseball since the second grade of elementary school. His dream at that time was to become a major league player. Even in college, he aimed to be a professional baseball player. But with the help of his 8-year-old brother, he went to the Japan Independent League to try.
Due to his lack of fame in school, Matsuda hoped to pitch in the Independent League as soon as possible. After joining the team, he pitched a large number of pitches into the bullpen every day in spring training. He was also stopped by the pitching coach. Later, it was changed to once a week to increase physical fitness. During training, the speed of the ball gradually increased. In April last year, the opening game soared 155 kilometers. In the practice match against the Giants, he was able to suppress his opponents and made great progress.
However, after Matsuda Yasuo finished fighting the Giants, he underwent ligament replacement surgery because of elbow pain. He even only played 3 games last year, but his potential has been seen by foreign teams. Under the recommendation of the general manager of the Independent League , the Dodgers gave a minor league contract to shake the Japanese football world. Matsuda said frankly that the general manager asked if he wanted to go to Dodge, “I thought to myself what he was talking about, but I didn’t have any real feeling at all.”
After the surgery, Matsuda signed a trainee contract with the Uni League team with a monthly salary of 0 yuan. In order to make a living, he went to a part-time teacher in an elementary school in Ishikawa Prefecture to teach painting and calligraphy, and went to rehab on weekends. He will go to the United States in March. He said, “If you want to become the world’s No. 1 player in the future, now you need to recover from your injuries and work hard to compete in the major leagues.”
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