In keeping with their newfound profligacy, this week it was announced that the Athletics signed 18-year-old Japanese star (in ...

Japanese baseball stars have almost exclusively come to MLB after playing in NPB. Morii is breaking precedent by signing with ...

Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare ...

The Las Vegas Athletics may have found their potential franchise player in Japan after signing 18-year-old Shotaro Morii on ...

Here's a look at Shotaro Morii and what he could bring to the table for the Athletics. Morii is an 18-year-old shortstop and pitcher who signed with the A's as an international free agent on ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dodgers star pitcher did his best to recruit Roki Sasaki amid the Japanese's decision During three seasons in high school, Morii hit 45 home runs as a left-handed hitter and consistently threw 95 ...

The Oakland Athletics signed Japanese two-way player Shotaro Morii, 18, to a minor league contract with a record $1,510,500 signing bonus, seeing him as a potential future star like Shohei Ohtani.