The Mets and longtime first baseman Pete Alonso have continued to negotiate on a potential reunion, with the sides "making progress on at least the structure of a proposed deal that's expected to be for three years and include at least one opt out,

Japanese baseball stars have almost exclusively come to MLB after playing in NPB. Morii is breaking precedent by signing with the A's.

Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypass Japanese professional baseball entirely and agreed to a minor league contract with the Athletics that includes a signing bonus of $1,