{"id":7455,"date":"2024-01-10T13:37:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T04:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ohtani.iroirojapon.com\/?p=7455"},"modified":"2024-01-10T21:03:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T12:03:36","slug":"post-7455","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ohtani.iroirojapon.com\/?p=7455","title":{"rendered":"Playing with Yu Darvish &#8216;something beautiful&#8217; for new Padres teammate Yuki Matsui\uff5cMLB\uff5c\u30c0\u30eb\u30d3\u30c3\u30b7\u30e5\u6709\uff5c\u677e\u4e95\u88d5\u6a39"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe title=\"Playing with Yu Darvish &#039;something beautiful&#039; for new Padres teammate Yuki Matsui\uff5cMLB\uff5c\u30c0\u30eb\u30d3\u30c3\u30b7\u30e5\u6709\uff5c\u677e\u4e95\u88d5\u6a39\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ju2BVzRYPGA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>New San Diego Padres reliever Yuki Matsui has revealed that his Japanese teammate Yu Darvish was fundamental in him signing a five-year $33.6 million deal with the MLB team last month.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the chance to play alongside Darvish as something &#8220;very beautiful,&#8221; Matsui hailed his new teammate as both and a &#8220;very respectable&#8221; human being during a Zoom conference call with the media on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The 5-foot-8 Matsui was a five-time All-Star in Japan for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, leading the Pacific League in saves in 2019, 2022 and 2023. 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