☆菊池投手*USA・TODAY紙に大きく紹介！
☆菊池雄星投手(花巻東)が、２９日アメリカの有力紙、USA・TODAY紙に大きく紹介されました。同紙はスポーツ関係記事でも定評があります。☆米紙USAトゥデーは29日、今年春夏の甲子園大会で脚光を浴びた超高校級の左腕で、米大リーグ挑戦も視野に入れている岩手・花巻東高の菊池雄星投手について、「日本の高校のスター、メジャー行きか」との見出しで大きく報じた。 記事は、前日に大リーグのア・リーグ西地区で3連覇したエンゼルスのニュースと並ぶ扱い。150キロを超える速球が武器の菊池が、10月末に行われる日本のプロ野球ドラフト会議で1位指名が確実な逸材であることを紹介した。新潟県で開催中の国体で28日に登板した際にはメジャー約10球団のスカウトが視察に訪れたことや、同校の佐々木洋監督が日本メディアに対し、進路の可能性は（日米で）半々などと語ったことも伝えている。Japan prep star may bypass domestic draft to come to MLB (By Paul White, USA TODAY)A major step could be imminent in the sometimes tenuous relationship between Major League Baseball and Japan's professional leagues.Left-handed pitcher Yusei Kikuchi, the likely first pick in Japan's amateur draft next month, is getting plenty of attention from major league scouts in anticipation of a decision that could come this week whether he'll break precedent and skip Japanese pro ball to sign with an MLB organization out of high school.Kikuchi, 6-foot-1 with a mid-90s fastball, has said several times since starring in Japan's national high school tournament this summer that he wants to play professionally in the USA and is strongly considering making the move now. Hiroshi Sasaki, his coach at Hanamaki Higashi High School, told Japan's Kyodo News Service that "(Kikuchi) says he is about 50-50" and that a decision could come this week.Amateurs must declare for Japan's Oct. 29 draft by Oct. 15. If Kikuchi wants to sign with a major league organization, he must convince all 12 Japanese teams not to draft him, otherwise he would face a three-year ban from Japan's major leagues should he ever choose to return to his homeland.The 18-year-old struck out the side against ChukyUday Chukyo, the national high school champions, in his only inning Monday at Japan's National Sports Festival. Scouts from the 12 Japanese teams and eight major league teams attended, according to Kyodo.Japanese news service reports have identified scouts from the Dodgers, Rangers, Mariners, Mets, Indians, Cubs, Giants, Tigers, Braves and Yankees watching Kikuchi in tournaments.Major league clubs have little to say about Kikuchi, though Seattle general manager Jack Zduriencik says, "Oh, we're certainly aware of him.""A pitcher as good as he is, if he wants to go to the major leagues, it's our job to see him," Cleveland scout Dave DeFreitas told Kyodo.So far, no Japanese high school players have bypassed their domestic draft to come to MLB. By staying, they lock themselves into nine seasons before they're eligible for free agency. They can leave only if their Japanese team allows them to enter the posting system in which MLB teams can bid for the right to negotiate with them.MLB spokesman Pat Courtney said its agreement with Japanese clubs "does not preclude the signing of amateur players." Boston signed pitcher Junichi Tazawa last winter before he played professionally in Japan. But he had played four seasons in an industrial league after finishing high school. His departure led to Japan's leagues putting in place the three-year ban.
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