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2-way player Shotaro Morii, 18, bypasses Japan baseball

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 the A's.

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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 Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypass Japanese professional baseball entirely and agreed to a minor league contract with the Athletics that includes a signing bonus of $1,

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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 Wednesday to a minor league contract with the Athletics that includes a signing bonus of $1,510,500.

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Dodgers one of finalists to land Sasaki

This story was excerpted from Sonja Chen's Dodgers Beat newsletter, written this week by Paul Casella. To read the full ...

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Another Shohei Ohtani? Athletics’ Record-Setting $1.5M Japanese Signing Shows Eerie Parallels to Dodgers’ Two-Way Phenom

The Athletics might have discovered their solution for Shohei Ohtani by signing 18-year standout Shotaro Morii, to a ...

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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 ...

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18-year-old two-way Japanese slugger signs record-setting deal with A's

The Athletics made waves to kick off the 2025 international signing period, inking 18-year-old two-way player Shotaro Morii ...

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Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, Making Big Push in Roki Sasaki Chase

The International Signing Period opened up on Wednesday and as teams lined up their future top prospects, Roki Sasaki ...

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International signing period opens without Sasaki decision but plenty of significant deals

MLB international signing period officially opened on Wednesday, with several top-rated prospects signing with MLB clubs.

Baseball: Ichiro joins Japan Hall of Fame before US announcement

Ichiro Suzuki, who had a total of 4,367 hits between Japan and the United States, was announced as one of the newest members ...

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Ichiro Suzuki Earns Hall of Fame Selection, But Isn't Unanimous Choice

Former Mariners, Yankees, and Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki became a Hall of Famer on Thursday, but he was not a unanimous ...

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