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Shotaro Morii, 18-Year-Old 2-Way Player, Bypasses Japanese Baseball to Sign with Athletics

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The Associated Press

11:12 JST, January 16, 2025

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.

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