STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Japanese high school baseball star Rintaro Sasaki has signed a national letter of intent to play at Stanford in 2025, the school announced Tuesday night. Sasaki will graduate in March from Hanamaki-Higashi High School, the school that produced major league star Shohei Ohtani. Sasaki hit a Japanese high school-record 140 home runs and was projected to be the No. 1 pick in the Nippon Professional Baseball Draft, but decided to go to a U.S. college. "He may be the most high-profile international prospect to play college baseball in the United States in a long time.

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Persons: Rintaro Sasaki, Sasaki, Shohei Ohtani, “, David Esquer, ” Sasaki, Stanford Organizations: STANFORD, Calif, Stanford, Higashi High School, Nippon Professional Baseball Locations: Hanamaki, U.S, Stanford, United States