The Athletics might have discovered their solution for Shohei Ohtani by signing 18-year standout Shotaro Morii, to a $1,510,000 bonus deal. The post Another Shohei Ohtani? Athletics’ Record-Setting $1.

Could the next Shohei Ohtani be on the Athletics? The A’s signed 18-year-old Japanese two-way player Shotaro Morii to a minor league contract, which included a $1,510,500 million bonus, on Wednesday.

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,

Ohtani and wife Tanaka are two notable Japanese athletes, now living out their romance under the palm trees of LA.

The Athletics signed Japanese baseball player Shotaro Morii, just 18 years old, to a $1,510,000 bonus deal in a very different way than the rest of his compatriots. Morii chose the

Prior to the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball officially ... Ham Fighters were able to charge in exchange for Shohei Ohtani’s services when he signed with the Angels as ...

Shohei Ohtani’s unprecedented two-way ... the largest ever for a Japanese amateur player outside Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Morii’s résumé is already remarkable.

At the same time, the similarities between Roki Sasaki and Shohei ... in baseball—to say nothing of his hitting exploits and unprecedented two-way stardom. From 2021-23, Ohtani went 34-16 ...

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 to a minor league contract with the Athletics.

Could the next Shohei Ohtani be on the Athletics ... The bonus is the largest ever for a Japanese amateur outside of the Nippon Professional Baseball league, per MLB Pipeline.

After a long and dragged out battle, Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers were successful in landing NPB phenom Roki Sasaki.