Los Angeles Dodger, Roki Sasaki's Baseball Cards
As if winning the World Series last year wasn’t enough for the Dodgers, they’ve now signed the most exciting international ...
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 ...
Brewers sign a pitcher from Japanese league with one of the most unique fastballs in baseball
The Milwaukee Brewers announced the signing of right-handed pitcher Elvin Rodriguez, who spent all of last season pitching in ...
ABC7 San Francisco4d
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 ...
MLB Rumors5d
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 ...
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Reports: Japanese RHP Roki Sasaki rules out Yanks, Mets
per the posting system between MLB and Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball and MLB's international amateur signing rules. If Sasaki signs, that team will have him under club control for six years ...
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‘Absolutely insane’: Roki Sasaki chase has clubs rethinking prospect deals, seeking trades
Sasaki was posted by the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball last month. Sasaki could’ve waited until after turning 25 years old to sign for more money and not be restricted by ...