(3)Hanshin inks provisional contract with 15-year-old pitcher

(3)Hanshin inks provisional contract with 15-year-old pitcher

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Fifteen-year-old right-hander Kento Tsujimoto tries a pitch at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on Nov. 21 after signing a provisional contract with the Hanshin Tigers. Tsujimoto, who returned home in October after attending school in California, became the youngest pro baseball player in Japan since the amateur draft was introduced in 1965.

(2)Hanshin inks provisional contract with 15-year-old pitcher

(2)Hanshin inks provisional contract with 15-year-old pitcher

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Fifteen-year-old right-hander Kento Tsujimoto holds up a ball at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on Nov. 21 after signing a provisional contract with the Hanshin Tigers. Tsujimoto, who returned home in October after attending school in California, became the youngest pro baseball player in Japan since the amateur draft was introduced in 1965.

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.

(3)Hanshin inks provisional contract with 15-year-old pitcher

(3)Hanshin inks provisional contract with 15-year-old pitcher

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Fifteen-year-old right-hander Kento Tsujimoto tries a pitch at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on Nov. 21 after signing a provisional contract with the Hanshin Tigers. Tsujimoto, who returned home in October after attending school in California, became the youngest pro baseball player in Japan since the amateur draft was introduced in 1965. (Kyodo)

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. (Kyodo)

(2)Hanshin inks provisional contract with 15-year-old pitcher

(2)Hanshin inks provisional contract with 15-year-old pitcher

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Fifteen-year-old right-hander Kento Tsujimoto holds up a ball at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on Nov. 21 after signing a provisional contract with the Hanshin Tigers. Tsujimoto, who returned home in October after attending school in California, became the youngest pro baseball player in Japan since the amateur draft was introduced in 1965. (Kyodo)