Just two hours after the 2025 international signing period opened on Jan. 15, the Athletics made a splash. The team announced ...

Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare ...

Japanese baseball stars have almost exclusively come to MLB after playing in NPB. Morii is breaking precedent by signing with ...

The Athletics made waves to kick off the 2025 international signing period, inking 18-year-old two-way player Shotaro Morii ...

Typically Japanese players are drafted or sign with teams in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball after high school, then later come to MLB as free agents or through the posting system (like Sasaki).

There’s another Japanese two-way phenom coming to MLB, and he could shake up the posting system as we know it.

The rules and regulations of school sports should be continuously reviewed and reformed from the perspective of players to improve the system and the environment. The Japan High School Baseball ...

Could the next Shohei Ohtani be on the Athletics? The A’s signed 18-year-old Japanese two-way player Shotaro Morii to a minor ...

The Athletics signed Japanese baseball player Shotaro Morii, just 18 years old, to a $1,510,000 bonus deal in a very ...

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 ...

Top Japanese players traditionally have signed first with Nippon Professional Baseball clubs and established ... joined the A's directly from high school on the first day of the 2025 signing ...