Masataka Yoshida
Masataka Yoshida is a baseball player for Orix Buffaloes of NPB(Nippon Professional Baseball Organization).
| Position | LF |
| Bats/Throws | L/R |
| Team | Orix Buffaloes |
| Bron | 7/15/1993 in Fukui, Japan |
| Draft | 2015, Orix Buffaloes, Round: 1 |
| Debut | 3/25/2016 |
| Awards and honors | Best Nine (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) Japan Championship Series Outstanding Player Award (2022) Interleague play MVP (2018) Playoff MVP (2022) All-star game (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022) Winner of the Home Run Derby (2021) |
| national team | WBSC Premier12 (2019) Summer Olympics (2020 in Tokyo) |
Yoshida admires Bryce Harper and wishes to be like him.
In 2022, Yoshida hoped to challenge MLB through the posting system.
The team has not yet decided whether to allow the use of the posting system.
If Orix approves the use of the posting system, it will be the first time since Ichiro.
He signed a five-year, $90 million contract with the Boston Red Sox.
Yoshida's Playing Style
Yoshida is small in stature but has a powerful swing. And yet, he strikes out very few and has a very
high on-base percentage.
Since his second year, he has continued to record a .300 batting average, a .400 on-base percentage
and a .500 slugging percentage.
Yoshida's game video
This is a video of all the homers Yoshida hit in 2022.
Yoshida's batting collection.