Some prospects shy away from comparing themselves to the game’s current stars. Not Shotaro Morii. If you ask him, he will ...

This popularity has led to some Japanese ballplayers going straight to MLB. Shotaro Morii, 18, and Rintaro Sasaki, 19, "moved ...

The historian for Japan's most prestigious baseball league believes that a player better than Shohei Ohtani will emerge one ...

Morrii is an 18-year-old Japanese two-way phenom who skipped Japan's professional league (NPB) draft to come to MLB. He thows 95 mph as a pitcher as well. It's a curious and unique decision to develop ...

Shohei Ohtani may soon have a budding rivalry, as another two-way star is making his case in the minors for the Oakland 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 ...

But times are changing. Two young stars — 19-year-old Rintaro Sasaki and 18-year-old Shotaro Morii — have moved directly to ...

But times are changing. Two young stars — 19-year-old Rintaro Sasaki and 18-year-old Shotaro Morii — have moved directly to American baseball, bypassing NPB restrictions and unwritten societal ...

Shohei Ohtani is widely regarded as the best player in Major League Baseball, and Ichiro Suzuki enters the Hall of Fame later this year, reminders that some of the top talent in American baseball ...