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Top prospect Shotaro Morii bypasses Japanese baseball
Athletics signee Shotaro Morii is charting a rare path for Japanese baseball players
Japanese baseball stars have almost exclusively come to MLB after playing in NPB. Morii is breaking precedent by signing with the A's.
2-way player Shotaro Morii, 18, bypasses Japan baseball to sign with A's
Hoping to become a two-way player in MLB just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypass Japanese professional baseball entirely and agreed Wednesday to a minor league contract with the Athletics.
Shotaro Morii, 18-year-old two-way player, bypasses Japanese baseball to sign with Athletics
Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypass Japanese professional baseball entirely and agreed Wednesday to a minor league contract with the Athletics that includes a signing bonus of $1,510,500.
Who is Shotaro Morii? And why is his signing with the Athletics such a big deal?
There’s another Japanese two-way phenom coming to MLB, and he could shake up the posting system as we know it.
Baseball: A's sign Japanese two-way amateur Morii to big deal
Two-way high school star Shotaro Morii signed with Major League Baseball's Athletics, the team announced Wednesday, with a $1.5 million signing bonus that is reportedly a record for a Japanese amateur.
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3 finalists to sign Sasaki, but it's looking like a 2-team race for star pitcher
The Roki Sasaki sweepstakes are rounding third base. The Japanese phenom has reportedly narrowed down his list of teams to ...
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Roki Sasaki Nears Bargain MLB Deal, Sparking Ire Back Home
Pitcher Roki Sasaki is set to come onto the market after the international free agent signing period opens on Jan. 15. He’s ...
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Detroit Tigers didn't meet with Japanese ace Roki Sasaki — but credit new regime for trying
The Detroit Tigers didn't try to sign Shohei Ohtani in 2017. A lot has changed since then, exemplified by an attempt to sign ...
MLB
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18-year-old two-way Japanese slugger signs record-setting deal with A's
The Athletics made waves to kick off the 2025 international signing period, inking 18-year-old two-way player Shotaro Morii ...
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Roki Sasaki contract: What would free-agent deal have looked like for Japanese ace without IFA restrictions?
Major League Baseball's new international amateur free-agent signing cycle opened Wednesday, meaning that Japanese ace Roki ...
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Baseball: Ichiro joins Japan Hall of Fame before US announcement
Ichiro Suzuki, who had a total of 4,367 hits between Japan and the United States, was announced as one of the newest members ...
MLB Rumors
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Nippon Professional Baseball
The Chiba Lotte Marines, Sasaki’s
Nippon Professional Baseball
club, will also be owed a posting fee. However, the value of that fee will be a percentage of his signing bonus and won’t be a ...
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Key pros and cons of 3 finalists vying for Sasaki
And then there were three. While eight teams were known to have met in person with Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki, five of ...
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