News about Daisuke Matsuzaka

On Sunday, there was a ghost sighting in Miami, and New York Mets starting pitcher Kodai Senga had the glove to match. Senga's first big league appearance, wearing a glove with a silhouette of a ghost and a pitchfork in reference to his 'ghost forkball,' the Mets defeated the Miami Marlins 5-1 on Sunday. After going 87-44 with a 2.59 ERA in 11 seasons with the Pacific League's Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, the 30-year-old left-hander decided to a $75 million, five-year deal. In 5 1/3 innings, he overcame a difficult first inning and gave one run, three hits, and three walks. Senga hit 96.8 mph with 32 fastballs – the fastest 99 mph in the nation – and released 26 forkballs, 18 sweepers, and 12 cutters. Kenshin Kawakami and Masahiro Tanaka for the fourth-most by a Japanese pitcher in an MLB debut, trailing only Kazuhisa Ishii and Daisuke Matsuzaka (10 each), and Hideki Irabu (nine).