High school flamethrower Otani

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Shohei Otani of Hanamaki Higashi High School pitching during the final game of the Iwate prefectural high school baseball tournament in the northeastern Japan prefecture in July 2012. Otani, an 18-year-old armed with a fastball clocked at 160 kilometers per hour, will become the first potential top draft pick to make the direct jump from a Japanese high school to the major leagues after the right-hander announced his decision to play in the United States on Oct. 21, 2012.

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