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NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Mets are the latest team to take a chance on Daisuke Matsuzaka.

The Mets signed the Japanese right-hander to a one-year contract on Thursday and plan to start him in the opener of a weekend series against the Detroit Tigers.

The 32-year-old Matsuzaka was released by Cleveland on Tuesday at his request. He had spent the entire season at Triple-A Columbus after failing to win a spot in Cleveland's rotation during spring training.

After working through early season injuries, Matsuzaka had pitched well in recent weeks, going 4-4 with a 3.56 ERA and 54 strikeouts in 10 starts for the Clippers since July 2. He was 5-8 with a 3.92 ERA in 19 minor league starts overall.

The game against the Tigers will be Matsuzaka's first major league appearance since he went 1-7 with an 8.28 ERA in 11 starts for Boston last year.

Matsuzaka made his major league debut in 2007 after the Red Sox won a lucrative competition for his services from Japan's Seibu Lions. He got off to a fine start, winning 33 games and a World Series ring during his first two seasons in the majors.

Matsuzaka has been slowed by elbow issues since 2009, and he won only 17 games over the past four seasons for the Red Sox. He underwent elbow ligament replacement surgery in 2011.

He lost out to Scott Kazmir in a battle for the fifth spot in Cleveland's rotation during spring training. Then he was hampered by a strained oblique muscle while in the minors before returning to better form.

Matsuzaka is 50-37 with a 4.52 ERA in 117 career games.

The Mets said they will announce a corresponding roster move before Friday night's game against Detroit.

報導中主要講今年松坂在小聯盟的成績為５勝８敗３。９２的防禦率，然後提到去年傷癒復出後只拿下１勝７敗防禦率８。２８的成績，雖然他在前兩年曾經拿下３３勝１５敗的好成績，但職業生涯在美國職棒是拿下５０勝３７敗防禦率４。５２的數據。

如今大都會隊撿他進來，我想無非是因為先發輪值表中右投海夫納(Jeremy Hefner)要動手肘韌帶移植手術，而梅西亞(Jenrry Mejia)也是需要動刀的情況下，大都會想找人撐到球季結束所選用的方法。

說實在的，大都會這樣的方法只是救急，但對松坂來說應該是最後一搏的機會，表現好的話，不管明年是否會待在大都會隊，都還是會有球團會找他，表現不好的話就可能像之前的王建民一樣，會沉浮在三Ａ和大聯盟的位置，如今就看他怎麼樣展現出他的實力了。