Japanese baseball faces existential threat as Dodgers loom for teenage pitching star
His favorite player is Yoshinobu Yamamoto. He follows one major league team on Instagram: The Dodgers. And while people familiar with his situation insist he hasn’t made a decision, the widespread expectation around the industry is that 18-year-old Shoki Oda of Japan will end up with the Dodgers. If Oda sticks to the plan he...