Yusuke Matsui

Japanese baseball player

Baseball player

Yusuke Matsui

Orix Buffaloes – No. 70
Outfielder / Coach
Born: (1987-07-10) July 10, 1987 (age 36) Hirano-ku, Osaka
Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
March 26, 2010, for the Chunichi Dragons
Last NPB appearance
October 31, 2020, for the Orix Buffaloes
NPB statistics (through 2020 season)
Batting average	.233
Home runs	9
Hits	140
RBI	49
Stolen bases	1

Teams
As player Chunichi Dragons (2010–2019) Orix Buffaloes (2019–2020) As coach Orix Buffaloes (2021–present)

Yusuke Matsui (松井佑介, born July 10, 1987, in Japan) is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder who is currently coach for the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played in NPB for the Chunichi Dragons and Buffaloes.

Career

Chunichi Dragons selected Matsui with the forth selection in the 2009 NPB draft [jp].^[1]

On March 26, 2010, Matsui made his NPB debut.

On December 2, 2020, he become a free agent.^[2] On December 2, 2020, he become a batting coach for Buffaloes.^[3]

References

^ "中日ドラゴンズ選択選手一覧". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). Retrieved January 9, 2021.
^ "2020年度自由契約選手". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). Retrieved January 9, 2021.
^ "新コーチングスタッフ決定のお知らせ". オリックスバファローズ (in Japanese). December 8, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2021.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)

Orix Buffaloes current roster

Pitchers

00 Anderson Espinoza
11 Shunpeita Yamashita
12 Kōhei Azuma
13 Hiroya Miyagi
14 Yūki Udagawa
15 Ren Mukunoki
16 Yoshihisa Hirano
17 Ryūhei Sotani
19 Taisuke Yamaoka
20 Shōta Abe
21 Sōichirō Yamazaki
22 Ryōta Muranishi
23 Kōsei Yoshida
26 Kyōsuke Saitoh
28 Ryōga Tomiyama
29 Daiki Tajima
35 Motoki Higa
42 Andrés Machado
43 Yuito Mae
46 Hitomi Honda
48 Kaisei Tōmatsu
52 Kaede Yokoyama
54 Luis Castillo
56 Atsuya Kogita
57 Nobuyoshi Yamada
58 Kazutomo Iguchi
59 Luis Perdomo
63 Kōsuke Kawachi
66 Hiroshi Suzuki
93 Kazuma Satoh
95 Kaito Saiki
96 Taito Takashima
97 Seiryū Kotajima
98 Ryūsei Gonda

Catchers

2 Kenya Wakatsuki
4 Tomoya Mori
32 Shō Fukunaga
37 Ryō Ishikawa
44 Yūma Tongū
62 Shūna Hori

Infielders

3 Ryōichi Adachi
5 Masahiro Nishino
6 Yūma Mune
8 Marwin González
9 Tomoya Noguchi
10 Kōji Ohshiro
24 Kōtarō Kurebayashi
25 Hō Naitoh
30 Taishi Hirooka
31 Ryō Ohta
34 Seiya Yokoyama
36 Tatsuya Yamaashi
40 Leandro Cedeño
53 Shō Gibo
64 Kōsei Ohsato
67 Keita Nakagawa

Outfielders

0 Haruto Watanabe
1 Shūhei Fukuda
7 Ryōma Nishikawa
27 Kendai Gen
33 Ryū Sugisawa
38 Ryōto Kita
39 Ryōma Ikeda
41 Kōdai Sano
45 Cody Thomas
50 Yūya Oda
55 T-Okada
61 Tokumasa Chano
99 Yūtarō Sugimoto

Development pitchers

003 Yuito Nakata
011 Kento Kawase
032 Kaito Iriyama
041 Hiroto Suga
042 Kaito Ōe
043 Riku Miyaguni
044 Taketo Ashida
130 Taiki Ono

Development catchers

034 Kyōichirō Murakami

Development infielders

045 Sōta Kawano
124 Kyōhei Ueno
126 Kazuya Katsuki

Development outfielders

004 Yamato Hirano
020 Takayuki Yamanaka
123 Motohide Kinoshita

First squad
coaching

Manager: 78 Satoshi Nakajima
Head coach: 88 Katsumi Mizumoto
General fielding coach: 76 Naoyuki Kazaoka
Pitching coaches: 75 Kazuyuki Atsuzawa, 72 Masafumi Hirai, 73 Rui Makino, 71 Mamoru Kishida
Batting coaches: 79 Ryūtarō Tsuji, 83 Eiichi Koyano, 85 Shinji Takahashi
Infield defense/base running coaches: 77 Eishin Soyogi, 80 Shūhei Kojima, 3 Ryōichi Adachi
Outfield defense/base running coaches: 81 Sō Taguchi, 70 Yūsuke Matsui
Battery coaches: 87 Toshio Saitoh, 74 Katsuki Yamazaki