Yuki Matsumoto (baseball)

Yuki Matsumoto (松本 裕樹, Matsumoto Yūki, born April 14, 1996 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

[2] On September 30, 2016, he pitched his debut game against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

Matsumoto recorded the Hold for the first time in the match against the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters on August 29.

[8] However, he won as a relief pitcher on May 25, and from then on he contributed to the team as a setup man who pitched in the 7th inning.

[11] He continued to contribute to the team as a setup man and finished the regular season with a career-high 53 games pitched, a 2-2 Win–loss record, a 2.68 ERA, a 25 holds, and a 60 strikeouts in 47 innings.