Rintaro Sasaki will attend Stanford University in the US, the university announced. Sasaki of Hanamaki Higashi High School is a strong hitter who has hit 140 home runs in his entire high school career.
The baseball team of Stanford announced on their official SNS that Sasaki would be attending Stanford University, saying, "Japan's top high school baseball player will play at Stanford University" Sasaki is expected to make his debut in American college baseball after the season begins in February next year.