Baseball: Stanford slugger Rintaro Sasaki of Japan to join Marlins: source

Stanford University slugger Rintaro Sasaki of Japan intends to join the Miami Marlins after being picked in the eighth round of Major League Baseball's amateur draft over the weekend, a source familiar with his thinking said Wednesday.The 21-year-old infielder was also the top pick of the Fukuoka-based SoftBank Hawks in the 2025 Nippon Professional Baseball draft. All eyes have been on his decision -- whether to join the MLB franchise, start his pro career in Japan, or remain at Stanford for another year of college ball.Sasaki, drafted 235th overall by Miami, has been touted as Japanese hig…READ FULL ARTICLE