After committing to Stanford, Rintaro Sasaki enrolled early and began his collegiate experience in the spring of 2024.

On this episode of RINTARO, Daron Vaught talks to Rintaro's Stanford coaches and teammates about their first impressions of the Japanese phenom as a player, as well as their observations of his adjustments to life as a student-athlete in Palo Alto.

RINTARO is part of the D1Baseball Podcast Network and is hosted and produced by Daron Vaught.

Art by Kev Roché (kevdraws.com)

Music by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech

So Japan's top baseball prospect, Rintaro Sasaki, had decided to forego a professional career in his home country's top league in order to play collegiately in the United States. Then what?

On this episode of RINTARO, Daron Vaught speaks with Stanford head coach David Esquer and recruiting coordinator Thomas Eager, plus Cardinal players Luke Lavin and Malcolm Moore, about Rintaro's recruitment and visit to campus in Palo Alto prior to his commitment.

RINTARO is part of the D1Baseball Podcast Network and is hosted and produced by Daron Vaught.

Art by Kev Roché (kevdraws.com)

Music by Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech

On this episode of The D1Baseball Podcast, Mike Rooney, Kendall Rogers, Aaron Fitt and Joe Healy discuss the 10 teams that just missed the top 25 rankings, including non-P4 stalwarts East Carolina and Southern Miss, and talk about their favorite players and toughest omissions from the recently-released All-American teams.

00:00 Welcome to the D1 Baseball Podcast
01:53 Food Debates and Personal Flag Plants
07:03 College Baseball Teams Analysis
07:52 Deep Dive into Alabama and Auburn
13:14 Spotlight on College of Charleston
16:22 UConn and East Carolina Insights
21:28 Louisville and Oklahoma Predictions
29:07 Southern Miss Lineup and Pitching Analysis
31:53 Stanford's Potential and Challenges
36:53 West Virginia's Key Players and Big 12 Overview
42:42 All-America Highlights

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