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 ...

Shotaro Morii is a lefty-hitting shortstop who hit 45 home runs in high school and hurls a 95 mph fastball. With MLB-level training heading his way, it won't be a surprise to see Shotaro Morii's ...

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 ...

Morrii will be developed as a two-way player after signing for $1,510,500 million - the largest signing bonus for a Japanese amateur to not play for Nippon Professional Baseball, Martin Gallegos ...

When the international signing period opened up in January, the Athletics made a bit of a splash, signing two-way star Shotaro Morii out of Japan. The 18-year-old decided to skip the NPB Draft to ...

The A’s signed 18-year-old Japanese two-way phenom Shotaro Morii this offseason, inking him to a $1.51 million deal. It was the largest signing bonus ever offered to a player who had yet to play ...

Morii also signed in January, and after receiving the highest bonus ever given to an amateur out of Japan – just over $1.5 million – the exciting two-way player will make his debut later this season.

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 American baseball, bypassing NPB restrictions and unwritten societal ...