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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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Top prospect Shotaro Morii bypasses Japanese baseball to sign with Athletics
Top Japanese players traditionally have signed first with Nippon Professional Baseball clubs and established their professional credentials before moving to MLB as free agents or through the MLB ...
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2-way player Shotaro Morii, 18, bypasses Japan baseball to sign with A's
Top Japanese players traditionally have signed first with Nippon Professional Baseball clubs and established their professional credentials before moving to MLB as free agents or through the MLB ...
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Former Pirates, Royals Outfielder Edward Olivares Set to Join Orix Buffaloes in Japan
Nippon Professional Baseball's Orix Buffaloes are working towards a deal with outfielder Edward Olivares, Sponichi Annex and others reported Saturday. Olivares opened 2024 with the Pittsburgh ...
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Kyodai catcher to use brains not brawn with Yakult Swallows
Next spring, after graduating from Kyoto University, Mizuno will work as an analyst for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball. He will collect and apply data gathered on ...
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Reports: Japanese RHP Roki Sasaki rules out Yanks, Mets
January 14 - Roki Sasaki's window to sign with a major league team opens Wednesday, but the coveted Japanese right-hander has already closed the door on a few clubs, including the New York Yankees ...
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Prized Japanese Pitcher Roki Sasaki Says He'll Sign With Dodgers
Prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki says in an Instagram post he intends to sign with the World Series champion Los Angeles ...
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Report: Blue Jays, Dodgers, Padres finalists for Japanese RHP Roki Sasaki
Under MLB’s international amateur signing rules and the posting system between Major League Baseball and Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball league, Sasaki can sign with an MLB team during a ...