Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Feb. 9, 2019, photo, Chunichi Dragons pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka gives his autographs for fans during spring training in ...

Ichiro Suzuki surprised Daisuke Matsuzaka in an emotional moment at his retirement ceremony in Japan. After over two decades of professional baseball, star pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka is leaving the ...

ATLANTA — After watching Daisuke Matsuzaka succeed in a variety of roles this season, the Mets have to wonder if the veteran right-hander is finally out of gas. Twice in the last week Matsuzaka has ...

Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka heads for the dugout after the third inning agains the Tampa Bay Rays in a spring training baseball game in Port Charlotte, Fla., Thursday, March 10, 2011.

BOSTON -- You can clearly point the finger in this one, and it was obvious which digit Boston Red Sox fans were using Monday night. Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka was simply awful again, and the ...

The Mets have had a poor start to their season, but on the day their home opener is scheduled, fans are still believing. Japanese baseball fans, more than those in North America, tend to focus on ...

Going from one role to another can be a stressful time of adjustment. For Daisuke Matsuzaka, it was a change that he never thought would exist. Mike Vorkunov of The Star-Ledger talked to the former ...

BALTIMORE -- Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka will begin a program to strengthen his sore right shoulder and hopes to be activated from the 15-day disabled list on June 12, the first day he is ...

New York Mets’ Daisuke Matsuzaka, of Japan, delivers a pitch during the first inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers on Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) ...

TOKYO — Daisuke Matsuzaka has dealt with numerous arm injuries during his career as a pitcher in Major League Baseball and Japan but none quite like this. The Chunichi Dragons say Matsuzaka is ...