Draft:Rintaro Sasaki

Rintaro Sasaki is a Japanese baseball first baseman.

Sasaki attended Hanamaki Higashi High School in Iwate Prefecture. He graduated in March 2024. Sasaki set the Japanese high school record with 140 home runs.

Sasaki decided to enroll at Stanford University to play college baseball for the Stanford Cardinal rather than enter the Nippon Professional Baseball draft. He will be eligible for the Major League Baseball draft in 2026. In June 2024, Sasaki played for the Trenton Thunder of the MLB Draft League.

His father, Hiroshi, was his coach in high school.