The 18-year-old Shotaro Morii is zeroing in on the MLB and out of the NPB - not something usual. The post Athlectics’ Own ...
The MLB offseason always brings a mix of expected moves and shocking transactions that reshape the league. While some ...
Rintaro Sasaki is a teenage phenomenon who aspires to play Major League Baseball. He is a trailblazer embarking upon an unconventional path for a Japanese ball player.
This installment collects all transactions involving minor league players, i.e. those not on 40-man rosters, for the period Jan. 16–29. As always, transactions are ...
We’re just a few weeks into the 2025 international signing period and there have already been lots of pens put to paper. Yes, ...
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The Oakland Athletics signed Japanese two-way player Shotaro Morii, 18, to a minor league contract with a record $1,510,500 signing bonus, seeing him as a potential future star like Shohei Ohtani.
Shotaro Morii to a record-setting deal, with a $1,510,500 bonus. Who is Shotaro Morii, and how and why did the small-market (which market?) club get theirs hands on him? As reported in The ...
Dodgers star pitcher did his best to recruit Roki Sasaki amid the Japanese's decision During three seasons in high school, Morii hit 45 home runs as a left-handed hitter and consistently threw 95 ...
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 league contract, which included a $1,510,500 million bonus ...
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 ...