Masataka Yoshida: Everything you need to know

Masataka Yoshida

#7 LF

Status

ACTIVE

STATS

Preseason
Date	Opp	Result	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	K	SB	CS	TB
3/24	MIN	L 15-6	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	3
3/22	PIT	W 6-3	4	1	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	4
3/20	TB	L 2-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
3/19	MIN	W 4-2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
3/17	ATL	W 4-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
2/21	MIN	W 7-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0
Preseason Totals			19	2	4	1	3	0	0	3	2	0	22	1	0	7

Regular Season
Date	Opp	Result	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	K	SB	CS	TB
4/24	BAL	L 10-3	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1
4/23	NYY	L 4-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
4/21	NYY	L 3-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
4/20	DET	W 8-6	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	2
4/19	DET	L 6-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4/17	DET	W 1-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
4/15	MIN	W 9-5	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	2
4/14	MIN	L 6-0	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
4/10	STL	L 1-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
4/6	MIL	L 8-6	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	1
4/5	SD	L 8-6	4	0	3	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	5	1	0	5
4/4	SD	L 3-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
4/1	HOU	L 6-4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0
3/31	HOU	L 1-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
3/30	HOU	L 8-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
3/29	CIN	L 3-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
3/28	CIN	L 6-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Regular Season Totals			40	4	11	8	3	0	0	5	8	1	49	1	0	14

Splits	HR	RBI	H	AVG	1B	2B	3B	BB	HBP	SB	CS	TB	OBP
Overall	0	5	12	0.261	9	3	0	9	1	1	0	15	0.393
Away	0	1	5	0.208	4	1	0	6	1	0	0	6	0.387
Home	0	4	7	0.318	5	2	0	3	0	1	0	9	0.400
Night	0	1	6	0.231	6	0	0	4	1	0	0	6	0.355
Day	0	4	6	0.300	3	3	0	5	0	1	0	9	0.440
March	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0.500
April	0	5	12	0.293	9	3	0	4	1	1	0	15	0.370
Opponent
vs MIL	0	0	1	0.333	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.600
vs SD	0	3	3	0.600	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	0.600
vs MIN	0	1	3	0.333	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.333
vs STL	0	0	1	0.333	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.500
vs BAL	0	0	1	0.250	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.250
vs DET	0	1	3	0.500	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0.571
vs HOU	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.333
vs NYY	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
vs CIN	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.600
Venue
@ Boston	0	4	7	0.318	5	2	0	3	0	1	0	9	0.400
@ Cincinnati	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.600
@ Houston	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.333
@ Minnesota	0	1	3	0.333	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.333
@ Baltimore	0	0	1	0.250	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.250
@ St. Louis	0	0	1	0.333	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.500

Masataka Yoshida: Breaking News

Yoshida will start in left field and bat sixth in Sunday's game against San Diego, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports. Yoshida will be making his first appearance of the series and just his fourth through nine games to begin the year. Roman Anthony moves from left field to DH, while Jarren Duran replaces the idle Ceddanne Rafaela in center field. Yoshida is 0-for-9 with six walks in 2026.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora said Saturday that Yoshida will start in three of the team's next five games, Christopher Smith of MassLive.com reports. Yoshida has not been in the Red Sox's starting lineup for the first two games of the season, but Cora indicated that the 32-year-old will get some opportunities before long. Cora relayed that he's comfortable with Yoshida playing in left field, and when the latter does play, his presence will seemingly bump one of Jarren Duran, Ceddanne Rafaela, Wilyer Abreu or Roman Anthony out of the lineup. Yoshida didn't make his 2025 debut until early July while recovering from offseason shoulder surgery, and he went on to slash .266/.307/.388 with four home runs and three steals across 205 plate appearances.

Yoshida remains with no obvious role entering the final week of spring training, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports. Yoshida made some noise for Team Japan during the World Baseball Classic, but he returned to Fort Myers in the same position as when he departed for the WBC. The Red Sox have five outfielders for four positions, including DH. Boston manager Alex Cora feels it's not a problem but a luxury and will figure out how the pieces can fit. At this point, it's hard to see how Yoshida fits on a regular basis.