Sox interested in Tazawa?
The Japan Times reported that the Red Sox are one of a number of teams interested in Japanese righthander Junichi Tazawa, a top prospect who announced yesterday he will try to sign with a major league team in the United States rather than pitch in his native country’s top professional league.
An excerpt from the Times article:
The highly unusual news came as a shock as the 22-year-old Tazawa was expected to draw the spotlight as the key figure in the first round of this year’s autumn amateur draft in Japanese baseball.
If Tazawa does come to the US, it would be the first significant instance in which a major league team signed a pre-draft amateur player away from Japan.
A look at Tazawa, via YouTube.
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