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

This story was excerpted from Martín Gallegos’ A’s Beat newsletter, with this edition handled by MLB Pipeline's Jesse Borek.

Morii took the rare step of skipping NPB entirely ... He will join Stanford's baseball team this spring, and will be eligible for MLB's amateur draft in 2026. The annual amateur draft includes ...

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

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 ...

Shotaro Morii is an 18-year-old two-way player who ... competition and will play his first season with the Cardinal this spring. Sasaki’s move sent shockwaves through the Japanese baseball ...

Shotaro Morii, 18-Year-Old 2-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 has signed with the A's out of high school ... The hope is that he will return to Arizona around the beginning of March, with Spring Training in full swing. According to MLB Pipeline ...

Morii took the rare step of skipping NPB entirely ... He will join Stanford's baseball team this spring, and will be eligible for MLB's amateur draft in 2026. The annual amateur draft includes players ...

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 ...