Each and every year, the talent pool from which a Major League organization can pull from grows larger. Baseball is still being introduced to different parts of the world, and those that have recently started playing it are getting better all the time. Countries like New Zealand are just now entering the baseball picture, while others like Japan have been providing big league talent for years. And that is where we’ll start. This is Giants From Around the Globe:A Series On Players From Other Countries.
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