In his first week at MLB’s Development Center in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, in July 2010, Xu Guiyuan named MLB All-Star outfielder Ichiro Suzuki as his baseball idol, and coach Dave Palese ran with it. But now, five years later, the player nicknamed “Itchy Shoe” is running into history as the first player from MLB’s three development centers in China to sign with a Major League club.