Rintaro Sasaki announces plan to sign with Marlins via social media

MILWAUKEE – Japanese-born slugger Rintaro Sasaki announced on his Instagram account on Sunday that he will sign with the Marlins.

A source told MLB.com that he will do so on Monday in Miami.

Sasaki, whom the Marlins took in the eighth round of this month’s MLB Draft, needed to decide between returning to Stanford University or signing with the Marlins or with Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of…