Never Giving Up with Gosuke Katoh (加藤豪将) | The ONLY player drafted by both MLB and NPB | "If you never give up, a lot of good things will happen" | Part 1

In this first-part of a two-part episode of Pacific Swings, David MacKinnon and Jasper Spanjaart sit down with Gosuke Katoh, the first player in baseball history to be drafted by both MLB and NPB, who just retired at 30 to join the Toronto Blue Jays front office.

Drafted 66th overall by the New York Yankees in 2013 as an 18-year-old, Gosuke spent a decade grinding through six different organizations in the minor leagues. Then many years later, he woke up at 3am in California to discover he'd made history - the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters had drafted him in Japan, making him the first player ever selected by both leagues.

After finally reaching the majors with Toronto, Gosuke headed to Japan where he set an NPB rookie record w ...