Some prospects shy away from comparing themselves to the game’s current stars. Not Shotaro Morii. If you ask him, he will tell you exactly who he wants to be.

Some prospects shy away from comparing themselves to the game’s current stars. Not Shotaro Morii. If you ask him, he will tell you exactly who he wants to be.

We are anxious and excited to watch Shotaro both pitch and hit as he begins his ascent through our Minor League system beginning this spring.” The A’s view Morii as an Ohtani-esque player ...

Morrii is an 18-year-old Japanese two-way phenom who skipped Japan's professional league (NPB) draft to come to MLB. He thows 95 mph as a pitcher as well. It's a curious and unique decision to develop ...

When the international signing period opened up in January, the Athletics made a bit of a splash, signing two-way star Shotaro Morii out of Japan. The 18-year-old decided to skip the NPB Draft to ...

The whole purpose of Spring Breakout is to showcase some of ... but have more development left before they reach the upper minors. Morii was the A's big splash in the international free agent ...

Sasaki is a freshman at Stanford, while Morii has a minor league contract with the Athletics. Yamamoto signed a $325 million, ...