Hanshin inks provisional contract with 15-year-old pitcher

Hanshin inks provisional contract with 15-year-old pitcher

OSAKA, Japan - Fifteen-year-old right-hander Kento Tsujimoto (file photo) signed a provisional contract with the Hanshin Tigers on Nov. 21, which made him the youngest pro baseball player in Japan since the amateur draft was introduced in 1965.

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