MIAMI (AP) — Rintaro Sasaki was ready to turn his long-awaited dream into a reality.
The ****** anese slugger had a choice to make. He could return to Stanford, where he played college baseball for two seasons. He could pursue a pro career in his home country, where was selected last October by the ****** uoka SoftBank Hawks in the first round of the Nippon Professional Baseball draft.
Or, he could sign with Major League Baseball's Miami Marlins, who selected him in the eighth round of the amateur draft earlier this month.
It wasn't an easy decision for Sasaki, but it was ultimately a befitting one.
"My dream is always going to be how I'm going to make it to big the leagues as soon as possible," Sasaki said Thursday, wearing a Marlins jersey. "That's a big reason for choosing Miami. It's giving me a great opportunity."
#marlins #dream
The ****** anese slugger had a choice to make. He could return to Stanford, where he played college baseball for two seasons. He could pursue a pro career in his home country, where was selected last October by the ****** uoka SoftBank Hawks in the first round of the Nippon Professional Baseball draft.
Or, he could sign with Major League Baseball's Miami Marlins, who selected him in the eighth round of the amateur draft earlier this month.
It wasn't an easy decision for Sasaki, but it was ultimately a befitting one.
"My dream is always going to be how I'm going to make it to big the leagues as soon as possible," Sasaki said Thursday, wearing a Marlins jersey. "That's a big reason for choosing Miami. It's giving me a great opportunity."
#marlins #dream
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