SoftBank Hawks draft pick declines contract

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   11 Nov

   Draft pick turns down SoftBank Hawks to chase his baseball dream in the US

   Musashi Nagayama, 18, picked 9th in SoftBank's development draft, says he won't sign. He wants to try his luck in baseball in the United States instead.