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[Breaking News]Baseball: Shotaro Morii

MESA, United States, March 3 Kyodo - Shotaro Morii, an 18-year-old two-way baseball player just out of high school, takes batting practice at the Athletics' spring training site in Mesa, Arizona, on March 3, 2025. Morii signed a minor league contract with the Major League Baseball team in January. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Shotaro Morii

Shotaro Morii, an 18-year-old two-way baseball player just out of high school, meets the press at the Athletics' spring training site in Mesa, Arizona, on March 3, 2025. Morii signed a minor league contract with the Major League Baseball team in January.

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Baseball: Shotaro Morii

Shotaro Morii, an 18-year-old two-way baseball player just out of high school, swings in a batting cage at the Athletics' spring training site in Mesa, Arizona, on March 3, 2025. Morii signed a minor league contract with the Major League Baseball team in January.

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Baseball: Shotaro Morii

Shotaro Morii, an 18-year-old two-way baseball player just out of high school, works out at the Athletics' spring training site in Mesa, Arizona, on March 3, 2025. Morii signed a minor league contract with the Major League Baseball team in January.

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Baseball: Shotaro Morii

Shotaro Morii, an 18-year-old two-way baseball player just out of high school, plays catch at the Athletics' spring training site in Mesa, Arizona, on March 3, 2025. Morii signed a minor league contract with the Major League Baseball team in January.

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Baseball: Shotaro Morii

Shotaro Morii, an 18-year-old two-way baseball player just out of high school, plays catch at the Athletics' spring training site in Mesa, Arizona, on March 3, 2025. Morii signed a minor league contract with the Major League Baseball team in January.

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Baseball: Shotaro Morii

Shotaro Morii, an 18-year-old two-way baseball player just out of high school, takes batting practice at the Athletics' spring training site in Mesa, Arizona, on March 3, 2025. Morii signed a minor league contract with the Major League Baseball team in January.

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Baseball: Shotaro Morii

Shotaro Morii, an 18-year-old two-way baseball player just out of high school, takes batting practice at the Athletics' spring training site in Mesa, Arizona, on March 3, 2025. Morii signed a minor league contract with the Major League Baseball team in January.

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Baseball: Shotaro Morii

Shotaro Morii (R), an 18-year-old two-way baseball player just out of high school, takes fielding practice at the Athletics' spring training site in Mesa, Arizona, on March 3, 2025. Morii signed a minor league contract with the Major League Baseball team in January.

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Baseball: Shotaro Morii

Shotaro Morii, an 18-year-old two-way baseball player just out of high school, works out at the Athletics' spring training site in Mesa, Arizona, on March 3, 2025. Morii signed a minor league contract with the Major League Baseball team in January.

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Baseball: Japan teenager Morii signs with A's

Shotaro Morii, 18-year-old baseball player from Japan's Toho Senior High School, speaks at a press conference in Kunitachi, western Tokyo, on Feb. 11, 2025, after signing a minor league contract with U.S. Major League Baseball's Athletics in January.

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CORRECTED: CORRECTED: Baseball: Japan teenage two-way player signs with A's

Shotaro Morii, 18-year-old baseball player from Japan's Toho Senior High School, attends an online press conference on Jan. 15, 2025, after signing a minor league contract with the Athletics. A two-way player with 45 high school home runs, Morii made a rare move for a Japanese prospect in bypassing the Japanese professional league to join an MLB-affiliated club directly from high school or college.

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(SP)SOUTH KOREA-HOENGSEONG-WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES-SNOWBOARD

(240127) -- HOENGSEONG, Jan. 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Morii Kiara of Japan competes during the Women's Big Air qualification of snowboard event at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Hoengseong, South Korea, Jan. 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Ming)

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Baseball: Eagles to release pitcher Anraku over workplace abuse

Masayuki Morii, president of the Pacific League's Rakuten Eagles, speaks at a press conference in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 30, 2023, after the team released pitcher Tomohiro Anraku for his pattern of abusive behavior toward teammates.

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Japan's Paralympics medalists at Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese medalists at the Sochi Winter Paralympic Games - (from L) alpine skiers Taiki Morii, Takeshi Suzuki and Akira Kano, and biathlon and cross-country skier Kozo Kubo - pose with their medals on March 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia.

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Japanese duo Kano, Morii on podium for men's super-G sitting ski

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese Alpine skiers Akira Kano and Taiki Morii celebrate on the podium at a medal ceremony for the sitting category of the men's super-G competition at the Sochi Winter Paralympics in Russia on March 9, 2014. Kano won the gold medal and Morii got the silver.

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Japan Paralympic alpine skier Morii practices before race

SOCHI, Russia - Paralympic alpine skier Taiki Morii of Japan practices in March 2014 before the Winter Games in the Russian resort city of Sochi.

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Japanese Paralympic alpine skiers arrive in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese Paralympic alpine skiers pose at Sochi International Airport in the early hours of March 2, 2014, after arriving in the Russian city for the 2014 Winter Games. (From L) Taiki Morii, captain of the Japanese team, Takeshi Suzuki and Akira Kano.

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Send-off ceremony for Japan's Sochi Paralympics squad

TOKYO, Japan - Cross-country skier Shoko Ota (R), flag bearer for Japan's Sochi Winter Paralympics squad, receives the team flag from delegation head Masanobu Araki during a send-off ceremony in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2014. To the right is alpine skier Taiki Morii, the team captain.

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Vancouver Paralympics come to close

WHISTLER, Canada - Japanese athletes who won medals at the Vancouver Paralympic Games -- (from L to R) Taiki Morii, Shoko Ota, Yoshihiro Nitta and Akira Kano -- shake hands during the closing ceremony at Whistler Medals Plaza in Whistler, Canada, on March 21, 2010.

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Japan's Kano at 1st, Morii at 3rd in men's super-G sitting event

WHISTLER, Canada - (From L to R) Silver medalist Martin Braxenthaler of Germany, gold medalist Akira Kano, and bronze medalist Taiki Mori, both from Japan, celebrate on the podium during an awards ceremony for the men's super-G sitting event at the Vancouver Paralympic Games in Whistler, Canada, on March 19, 2010.

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Japan's Morii wins bronze in men's super-G sitting event

WHISTLER, Canada - Japan's Taiki Morii competes in the men's super-G sitting event at the Vancouver Paralympic Games in Whistler, Canada, on March 19, 2010. Morii won the bronze medal.

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Japan's Kano at 1st, Morii at 3rd in men's super-G sitting event

WHISTLER, Canada - Japan's Akira Kano (L) and Taiki Morii hold up their gold and bronze medals, respectively, in the men's super-G sitting event at the Vancouver Paralympic Games in Whistler, Canada, on March 19, 2010.

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Japan's Morii wins silver at Paralympics

WHISLTER, Canada - Taiki Morii of Japan skies to win the silver in the men's downhill sitting race at the Vancouver Paralympics in Whistler on March 18, 2010.

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(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-WINTER PARALYMPICS-ALPINE SKIING-MEN'S SUPER-G SITTING-AWARDING CEREMONY(CN)

(220306) -- BEIJING, March 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Jesper Pedersen of Norway(C), silver medalist Corey Peters of New Zealand(L) and bronze medalist Morii Taiki of Japan pose for photo during the awarding ceremony for the Alpine Skiing Men's Super-G Sitting of Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games at Yanqing Medals Plaza of the Winter Paralympics in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, March 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Luo Yuan)

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(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-BEIJING 2022 WINTER PARALYMPICS-PARA ALPINE SKIING-MEN'S SUPER-G-SITTING (CN)

(220306) -- BEIJING, March 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Morii Taiki of Japan celebrates during the Para Alpine Skiing Men's Super-G Sitting of Beijing 2022 Winter Paraympic Games at National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, March 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-BEIJING 2022 WINTER PARALYMPICS-ALPINE SKIING-MEN'S DOWNHILL-SITTING-AWARDING CEREMONY (CN)

(220305) -- BEIJING, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Bronze medalist Morii Taiki of Japan poses for photo during the awarding ceremony for the para alpine skiing Men's Downhill Sitting of Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games at Yanqing Medals Plaza of the Winter Paralympics in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, March. 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)

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(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-BEIJING 2022 WINTER PARALYMPICS-ALPINE SKIING-MEN'S DOWNHILL-SITTING-AWARDING CEREMONY (CN)

(220305) -- BEIJING, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Corey Peters of New Zealand, silver medalist Jesper Pedersen of Norway and bronze medalist Morii Taiki of Japan pose for photo during the awarding ceremony for the para alpine skiing Men's Downhill Sitting of Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games at Yanqing Medals Plaza of the Winter Paralympics in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, March. 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-WINTER PARALYMPICS-PARA ALPINE SKIING-MEN'S DOWNHILL SITTING (CN)

(220305) -- BEIJING, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Bronze medalist Morii Taiki of Japan competes during the Para Alpine Skiing Men's Downhill Sitting of Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games at National Alpine Skiing Centre in Yanqing, Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

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(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-WINTER PARALYMPICS-ALPINE SKIING-MEN'S DOWNHILL SITTING (CN)

(220305) -- BEIJING, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Taiki Morii competes during the Alpine Skiing Men's Downhill Sitting event of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games at the National Alpine Skiing Center in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Jianan)

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(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-WINTER PARALYMPICS-ALPINE SKIING-MEN'S DOWNHILL SITTING (CN)

(220305) -- BEIJING, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Norway's Jesper Pedersen, New Zealand's Corey Peters and Japan's Taiki Morii (from L to R) are seen after the Alpine Skiing Men's Downhill Sitting event of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games at the National Alpine Skiing Center in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Luo Yuan)

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Sit-ski

Tomohito Enomoto (R) of Toyota Motor Corp. and Yoshihisa Yamada of medical-care equipment maker Nissin Medical Industries Co. check a sit-ski in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 8, 2017. The rigid and lightweight sit-ski co-developed by the two companies will be used by Japan's Taiki Morii in the alpine skiing at the 2018 Pyeongchang Paralympics in South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sit-ski

Photo taken Dec. 8, 2017, shows a sit-ski to be used by Japan's Taiki Morii in the alpine skiing at the 2018 Pyeongchang Paralympics in South Korea. The rigid and lightweight sit-ski was developed by Toyota Motor Corp. and medical-care equipment maker Nissin Medical Industries Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Vancouver Paralympics come to close

WHISTLER, Canada - Japanese athletes who won medals at the Vancouver Paralympic Games -- (from L to R) Taiki Morii, Shoko Ota, Yoshihiro Nitta and Akira Kano -- shake hands during the closing ceremony at Whistler Medals Plaza in Whistler, Canada, on March 21, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Kano at 1st, Morii at 3rd in men's super-G sitting event

WHISTLER, Canada - Japan's Akira Kano (L) and Taiki Morii hold up their gold and bronze medals, respectively, in the men's super-G sitting event at the Vancouver Paralympic Games in Whistler, Canada, on March 19, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Kano at 1st, Morii at 3rd in men's super-G sitting event

WHISTLER, Canada - (From L to R) Silver medalist Martin Braxenthaler of Germany, gold medalist Akira Kano, and bronze medalist Taiki Mori, both from Japan, celebrate on the podium during an awards ceremony for the men's super-G sitting event at the Vancouver Paralympic Games in Whistler, Canada, on March 19, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Morii wins bronze in men's super-G sitting event

WHISTLER, Canada - Japan's Taiki Morii competes in the men's super-G sitting event at the Vancouver Paralympic Games in Whistler, Canada, on March 19, 2010. Morii won the bronze medal. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Morii wins silver at Paralympics

WHISLTER, Canada - Taiki Morii of Japan skies to win the silver in the men's downhill sitting race at the Vancouver Paralympics in Whistler on March 18, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Japan's Taiki Morii competes in the men's SC sitting super-G alpine skiing event at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics in South Korea on March 13, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Japan's Taiki Morii competes in the men's SC sitting super-G alpine skiing event at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics in South Korea on March 13, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Japan's Taiki Morii competes in the men's SC sitting super-G alpine skiing event at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics in South Korea on March 13, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Alpine sit skier Taiki Morii of Japan looks at his silver medal during the medal ceremony at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics in South Korea on March 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Combined photo shows (from L) alpine sit skiers Taiki Morii and Momoka Muraoka of Japan, who won silver at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics in South Korea on March 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Alpine skiing men's sitting downhill gold medalist Andrew Kurka (C) of the United States, silver medalist Taiki Morii (L) of Japan, and bronze medalist Corey Peters of New Zealand pose during the medal ceremony at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics in South Korea on March 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Para athlete Taiki Morii of Japan skis to silver in the alpine skiing men's sitting downhill at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics in South Korea on March 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Para athlete Taiki Morii of Japan skis to silver in the alpine skiing men's sitting downhill at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics in South Korea on March 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Para athlete Taiki Morii of Japan skis to silver in the alpine skiing men's sitting downhill at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics in South Korea on March 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Para athlete Taiki Morii of Japan skis to silver in the alpine skiing men's sitting downhill at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics in South Korea on March 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Andrew Kurka (C) of the United States celebrates after securing the gold medal in the alpine skiing men's sitting downhill at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics in South Korea on March 10, 2018, with runner-up Taiki Morii (L) of Japan and third-place Corey Peters of New Zealand. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Para skier Taiki Morii of Japan celebrates after securing the silver medal in the alpine skiing men's sitting downhill at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics in South Korea on March 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo