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 ...
Ichiro is about to get his Hall of Fame moment. For Japan, he's more than a baseball star
Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he's much more than that in Japan. Back home, he's a wellspring of national pride, ...
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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 just like Shohei ... scouting Steve Sharpe, Pacific Rim coordinator Adam Hislop and Japan scout Toshiyuki Tomizuka for helping reach ...
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Athletics signee Shotaro Morii is charting a rare path for Japanese baseball players
“I’m sure we’ve seen 100, if not 1,000, of those kinds of leads with a video of a player,” said Adam Hislop, the Athletics’ Pacific ... Japanese Amateur Baseball Association, the team ...
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Shotaro Morii, 18-Year-Old 2-Way Player, Bypasses Japanese Baseball to Sign With Athletics
Shotaro Morii, 18-Year-Old 2-Way Player, Bypasses Japanese Baseball to Sign With Athletics ... Matsui, a three-time MVP of Japan's Central League, played for Oakland in 2011.