Samurai Japan’s starting lineup for the 2026 World Baseball Classic quarterfinal against Venezuela was stacked with stars, including Shohei Ohtani, Seiya Suzuki, Masataka Yoshida, Kazuma Okamoto, and Munetaka Murakami. All of them were either established major league hitters or, in the case of Okamoto and Murakami, fresh off signing big contracts via the posting system. But right in the middle of it all, batting in the two-hole, was Teruaki Sato…
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