Rintaro Sasaki is a teenage phenomenon who aspires to play Major League Baseball. He is a trailblazer embarking upon an unconventional path for a Japanese ball player.

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Rintaro Sasaki, a first baseman who turned 19 in April ... and then build a relationship with Shotaro and his family once MLB allowed us to do so,” Feinstein said. “We knew he had a strong ...

Morii and Rintaro Sasaki, by skirting the Japanese domestic system altogether, have only intensified those concerns. If the trailblazing duo reach MLB, they’ll become just the fourth and fifth ...

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Last February, Japanese standout Rintaro Sasaki skipped the NPB draft ... Now on the Stanford roster, Sasaki will be MLB draft-eligible in 2026, having never played a professional game in his ...

Morii and Rintaro Sasaki, by skirting the Japanese domestic system altogether, have only intensified those concerns. If the trailblazing duo reach MLB, they’ll become just the fourth and fifth ...

But while Sasaki’s decision will have massive repercussions on the 2025 MLB season and beyond ... Last year, a slugging first baseman named Rintaro Sasaki (no relation to Roki), then the ...

Prior to Morii choosing MLB over NPB, slugging first baseman Rintaro Sasaki elected to forego NPB to take a scholarship at Stanford. After hitting a national record 140 home runs as a high ...

Last year, slugging first baseman Rintaro Sasaki ... at the Division I level into selection in the 2026 MLB Draft as a sophomore. Sasaki spent time last summer competing in both the MLB Draft ...