Top prospect Shotaro Morii 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 ...
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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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 ... Athletics that includes a signing bonus of $1,510,500. Top Japanese players traditionally have signed first with Nippon Professional ...
Ichiro Suzuki becomes first Asian player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
Ichiro Suzuki, the dominant contact hitter whose 19 years in the major leagues, mostly with the Seattle Mariners, became the ...
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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 ... with the Arizona Complex League Athletics. "He's a very talented baseball player with enough athleticism ...