Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Yuki Matsui was born on October 30, 1995, in  Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

In October 2013, five Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) teams selected Matsui in the 2013 NPB draft. The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles winning the rights to negotiate with him. Matsui signed with the Golden Eagles and made his NPB debut on April 2, 2014; his team scored 7–1 against Orix Buffaloes even though he made only three runs.

On October 11, 2023, Matsui had exercised his international free agent rights to be released from the Golden Eagles to seek a Major League Baseball contract.

On December 23, 2023, Matsui signed a five-year contract worth $28 million guaranteed with the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball. The contract included an opt out after both the third and fourth seasons and an injury clause which would change the fifth and final year of the contract into a $7 million club option in the case of Matsui suffering a "serious elbow injury" during the length of the deal.