Major League Baseball

Top Japanese prospect Rintaro Sasaki to make stateside debut in MLB Draft League

Known for massive blasts and a patient batting eye, Rintaro Sasaki made major news when the then-high schooler opted out of ...
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MLB: Rintaro Sasaki’s jaw-dropping power show at the draft combine

Rintaro Sasaki doesn’t care what time it is—his power is always on! The Stanford slugger lit up the MLB Draft Combine with ...
Major League Baseball

'Baseball is baseball': Famed Japanese slugger Sasaki ready for pro journey

Rintaro Sasaki stepped off a plane onto U.S. soil for the first time in September 2023. The then-18-year-old -- Japan’s ...
Sportskeeda

"That’s the decision he made" - Shohei Ohtani denies influence on evolutionary prospect Rintaro Sasaki's MLB 'conviction'

Shohei Ohtani has denied his involvement in top prospect Rintaro Sasaki's decision to opt out of the NPB draft for the NCAA. Although 18-year-old Rintaro Sasaki's planned path to the MLB is far from ...
Los Angeles Times

One Sasaki throws hard, another hits homers. Will Rōki or Rintaro be MLB’s next Japanese star?

Rintaro Sasaki homered in the second at-bat of his U.S. amateur debut last week, the blast grabbing headlines because the 19-year-old might be the next big bat export from Japan to Major League ...
Yahoo! Sports

Rintaro Sasaki, Japan's top high school prospect, will forgo NPB and instead play college baseball in the U.S.

Rintaro Sasaki intends to continue his baseball career in the United States. In an unprecedented move, the top high school prospect in Japan did not submit his name for the Nippon Professional ...