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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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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 ...
Japan’s Shotaro Morii, 18-year-old two-way player, signs 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 ...
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Nippon Professional Baseball
The Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professonal Baseball have agreed to a deal with right-hander Trevor Bauer, according to multiple reports out of Japan (including from Nikkan Sports).
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Top prospect Shotaro Morii 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 ...
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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Athletics Expected to Give Japanese Two-Way Player Shotaro Morii Record-Breaking Deal
The Athletics are expected to sign Japanese prospect Shotaro Morii, Yakyu Cosmopolitan reported Monday night. Morii skipped the Nippon Professional Baseball ... of leaving Oakland, the A’s ...
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Ichiro Suzuki becomes first player from Japan to be inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame
Suzuki's perhaps the best contact hitter in baseball history, with 1,278 hits in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball and 3,089 in MLB. His combined total of 4,367 is higher than Pete Rose's MLB ...
Ichiro Suzuki is all about baseball, but he is much more than that at home in Japan
Ichiro will go into the Hall of Fame as professional baseball’s all-time leader in hits with 4,367 (3,089 in MLB and 1,278 in ...
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Ichiro Suzuki becomes first Asian player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
Ichiro was also voted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame this month, getting 323 out of 349 votes in his first year of eligibility. In 2022, he was the first Asian player to be inducted into ...
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Baseball: Tsuyoshi Shinjo irked by players switching clubs after MLB stints
Nippon Ham Fighters manager Tsuyoshi Shinjo heads to a meeting of managers of the 12 Nippon Professional Baseball teams in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nippon Ham Fighters ...
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 ...