Japanese Slugger Seiya Suzuki Could Be the Next Big Thing to Hit MLB

By Evan Bleier Prior to the start of Major League Baseball’s lockout last week, Japanese two-way star Shohei Ohtani was named American League MVP after hitting 46 home runs with 100 RBIs at the plate and going 9-2 with 156 strikeouts on the mound as a starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels. Once the lockout is over, one of Ohtani‘s countrymen, also a former rival, may be joining him in the majors. The only player in Nippon Professional Baseball history to homer the first time he stepped to the plate in five consecutive games, Seiya Suzuki is coming off a season where he accumulated a 1.06…

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