Rintaro Sasaki Presented by Miami Marlins After 8th-Round Draft Selection

Overview

• Rintaro Sasaki held an in-person press conference in Miami on Thursday and said he is “most excited” about joining the Marlins.
• The Stanford outfielder was taken in the eighth round of the MLB draft and now moves from college baseball into the Marlins organization.
• At the July 23 event Sasaki said he is proud to have put on the Marlins uniform and described his emotion simply as “わくわくが一番強い,” which he rendered as strong excitement.
• Team announcements indicate he is expected to begin his pro career playing for clubs in the Marlins' minor-league system rather than immediately joining the major-league roster.
• The coverage is based on a Kyodo News dispatch filed from Miami and was republished by multiple Japanese regional papers on July 23–24, 2026.