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.

ACC baseball season. They project the ACC’s final standings, regional teams, Player of the Year, Pitcher of the Year, ...

ACC baseball, as four schools reached the College World Series. One of those teams – North Carolina – won the regular season ...

On Bay Area Baseball Media Day, head coach David Esquer said he is excited about this year's club ahead of the first season ...

he was asked during the post-signing Zoom meeting whether Stanford freshman Rintaro Sasaki's decision to head to college instead of NPB played a role in his own decision-making process.

After missing out on the College World Series in 2024 following trips to the tournament for three straight years, the ...

Former Japanese high school phenom Rintaro Sasaki will serve as an anchor in Stanford’s lineup this spring. Dubbed the “Japanese Prince Fielder,” Sasaki is a 6-foot, 275-pound, lefthanded ...

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 ...

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Last year, a slugging first baseman named Rintaro Sasaki (no relation to Roki), then the country’s consensus top prospect, made the paradigm-shifting choice to bypass the NPB Draft in favor of ...