SoftBank gets negotiating rights to touted Takahashi

SoftBank gets negotiating rights to touted Takahashi

Gifu Commercial and Business High School right-hander Jumpei Takahashi is tossed in the air by schoolmates in Gifu, central Japan, on Oct. 22, 2015, as the Pacific League's Softbank Hawks won the negotiating rights to the most sought-after player in this year's Nippon Professional Baseball's amateur draft. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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