Tag: Rintaro Sasaki

Morning Briefing: Rintaro Sasaki to Make United States Debut Today

Good morning, Mets fans! Japanese standout Rintaro Sasaki is set to make his US debut today, playing first base for the Trenton Thunder of the MLB Draft League. Sasaki, who hit a record-setting 140 homers in his high school career in Japan, is a rising freshman at Stanford University. Sasaki spent the spring taking classes and working out at Stanford, though he was ineligible to play. Latest...

Morning Briefing: Japanese Phenom Rintaro Sasaki Commits to Stanford

Good morning Mets fans! Rintaro Sasaki, a Japanese high school phenom and the potential No. 1 pick in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft, officially decided to forego the NPB on Tuesday, signing a national letter of intent to play college baseball with Stanford, the university announced. Sasaki will graduate from Hanmaki-Higashi High School, the same school Shohei Ohtani attended, in...