Rising Star: Renteria Sasaki’s Journey from Japan to American College Baseball

Rintaro Sasaki took an unconventional path for a Japanese baseball prodigy: instead of signing with a Nippon Professional Baseball team, he enrolled at Stanford. The son of legendary pitcher Hiroshi Sasaki, Rintaro set high school records in Japan before deciding American college baseball offered the best development track. His power bat and MLB potential make him one of the most intriguing international prospects in college baseball.