Nippon-Ham ‘s Go Matsumoto “I wanted to hear what other teams thought of me”… “I’ve come to the decision” – exercising his domestic free agency rights!
Baseball King
2025.11.11(火) 02:19
Nippon-Ham announced on April 11 that Go Matsumoto outfielder has informed of his intention to exercise his domestic free agent (FA) status and has submitted his application documents.
Matsumoto commented through the team, “I’m grateful for the kind offer The Fighters made me. However, I wanted to hear what other teams thought of me, so I came to this decision.”
Matsumoto joined Nippon-Ham as the second pick in the 2011 draft. In his sixth year with the team in 2017, he reached the required number of at-hitter title. In 2023, he also posted a batting average of .276, but his performance has declined year by year, and this season he played in 66 games and batted .188.
AloJapan.com