Morii also mentioned that his favorite player is Elly De La Cruz of the Cincinnati Reds, and that he has tried to make his offensive game a little more like Elly's, noting that he's a fast runner ...

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.

Who is Shotaro Morii? Morii is an 18-year-old shortstop and pitcher who signed with the A's as an international free agent on Wednesday. アスレチックスへようこそ！森井翔太郎選手！

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 ...

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 ...

Morii took the rare step of skipping NPB entirely. He signed with the A's right out of high school, where he played shortstop and was also a right-handed pitcher.

Morii got out on Wednesday, signing a minor-league deal worth $1.5 million with the A’s that defies 30 years of cultural norms that held Japanese players should first compete in the renowned ...

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 ...