Yuki Matsumoto (baseball)
Yuki Matsumoto is a Japanese Professional baseball pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball.Early Baseball career
Matsumoto participated in the 2rd grade spring 85th Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament and the 3rd grade summer 96th Japanese High School Baseball Championship as an pitcher at the University of Morioka Affiliated High School.Professional career
On October 23, 2014, Matsumoto was drafted by the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks first overall pick in the 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.
He spent the 2015 season on right elbow rehabilitation.
On September 30, 2016, he pitched his debut game against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
From 2016 season to 2019 season, he recorded with a 29 Games pitched, a 4–7 Win–loss record, a 4.29 ERA, a 96 strikeouts in 121 2/3 innings.
