The Oakland Athletics' move is unusual.

Oakland signed Luis Severino to a three-year, $67 million club-record deal, then signed internal resource Brent Rucker to a five-year, $60 million extension.안전놀이터

Oakland's investment didn't end here. It also turned to overseas.

Yakyu Cosmopolitan reported on the 14th (Korea Standard Time) that Oakland is expected to recruit Japanese prospect Shotaro Mori (17). Nine clubs, including the Dodgers, are known to have engaged in recruitment.

Mori did not participate in the 2024 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) draft to advance to the MLB.

His bonus is reportedly 1.5 million U.S. dollars. This is the highest amount ever for a Japanese amateur who is not a former NPB player.

Mori was initially expected to play college baseball in the U.S., just like Rintaro Sasaki, who went to Stanford University last year, but reportedly changed his direction to enter the professional league immediately.

Mori is a unique "ditch" player who boasts a four-ball mix on the mound while taking charge of shortstop and third baseman.

Mori, who is 183 centimeters tall and weighs 88 kilograms
He hit 45 home runs in his high school career. His fastball reaches 153 kilometers per hour. He throws a combination of curve, slider, and folk ball.