Top prospect Shotaro Morii bypasses Japanese baseball
Shohei Ohtani has called Southern California home ever since he made the jump from Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball to MLB seven years ago. The two-way superstar and reigning National League MVP began his big league journey with the Angels in Anaheim,
For his career, Ohtani owns a .945 OPS and 3.01 ERA. While he did not pitch at all in his first season with the Dodgers, Ohtani still won the National League MVP award by becoming the first player in MLB history with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in the same season.
Roki Sasaki has been stellar in the Napon Professional Baseball Organization. The 23-year-old pitcher had a 2.02 ERA over the last 4 seasons in the NPB, strikin
Roki Sasaki could be the greatest Japanese pitcher ever. He hopes the Dodgers can turn him into just that, even if it means Shohei Ohtani outshines him.
Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani is donating $500,000 to help firefighters and others affected by the area's deadly wildfires.
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.
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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