
Baseball / Japanese Baseball Oct 17, 2019
Marines make high school hurler Roki Sasaki top pick in NPB amateur draft
The Chiba Lotte Marines took hard-throwing high school pitcher Roki Sasaki in NPB's amateur draft Thursday after four teams selected the teen talent who has been on the radar of major league clubs. The 17-year-old Sasaki's fastball has been clocked in competition at 160 kph ...