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Marlins Sign Japanese First Baseman Rintaro Sasaki

7/24/2026

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The Miami Marlins signed Japanese first baseman Rintaro Sasaki after he declined a first-round offer from the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
Sasaki was an eighth-round, 235th-overall pick in the 2026 MLB draft and received a $210,200 signing bonus.
He hit 16 homers with 47 RBIs as a sophomore at Stanford, holds Japan’s all-time high-school record of 140 homers, and says the college experience will help him adjust to Miami.

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The Miami Marlins signed Japanese first baseman Rintaro Sasaki after he declined a first-round offer from the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
Sasaki was an eighth-round, 235th-overall pick in the 2026 MLB draft and received a $210,200 signing bonus.
He hit 16 homers with 47 RBIs as a sophomore at Stanford, holds Japan’s all-time high-school record of 140 homers, and says the college experience will help him adjust to Miami.