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Phils add NPB All-Star right-hander Aoyagi as non-roster invitee
The Phillies have been trying to get into the Japanese baseball market for years. They hope Koyo Aoyagi is the first step.
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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 ...
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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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 ...
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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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 ...
Philadelphia Phillies Sign Japanese All-Star Pitcher to Minor League Contract
Per Anthony Franco of MLB Trade Rumors, the Phillies have signed Koyo Aoyagi to a minor league deal and will invite him to ...
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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 ...