The Miami Marlins selected Japanese slugger Rintaro Sasaki out of Stanford University in the eighth round of Major League Baseball's amateur draft on Sunday.The 21-year-old infielder was also the top pick of the SoftBank Hawks in the 2025 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.Sasaki, drafted 235th overall by Miami, has been touted as Japanese high school baseball's home run king, having amassed 140 homers playing for Hanamaki Higashi High School in his native Iwate Prefecture.He now faces a decision about whether to turn pro with the Marlins, start his career in Japan with SoftBank, or remain …READ FULL ARTICLE
