High school slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya, the most sought-after player in last month's amateur draft, agreed on Thursday to join the Pacific League's Nippon Ham Fighters, who won his negotiating rights in a seven-way draft-day lottery.The 1.84-meter, 102-kilogram Kiyomiya hit 111 home runs as a high schooler -- a total touted as an unofficial Japan record. The first baseman has agreed to a contract reportedly worth 15 million yen (roughly $133,000) with a 100 million yen signing bonus and incentives worth 50 million yen -- the maximums Nippon Professional Baseball allows for first-year players."…READ FULL ARTICLE
