AREQUIPA, Peru – The World Baseball and Softball Confederation announced the All-Star team of the recently concluded Premier 12 baseball tournament, where Chinese Taipei was crowned champion for the first time in its history.
No Cuban was included in the ideal team. The Greater Antilles fell last Sunday against Japan and with one victory and three defeats they lost all hope to get a place for the next stage of the tournament, with one match left to conclude the group stage.
A report of the state agency Prensa Latina points out that half of the participating teams are represented in the ideal team with the United States (bronze medalist) and Japan (silver) as the most represented with four and three players, respectively.
Venezuela (fourth place), the new Taiwanese monarchs and the cast of the Netherlands, have a player from their ranks in the privileged selection according to their performances in the third edition of this event that brought together the 12 best-ranked countries in the world .
The American Rich Hill was chosen as the starting pitcher and the award for best reliever went to the Venezuelan Oddaner Mosqueda, both without allowing runs. throughout the tournament.
Awarded were catcher Shogo Sakakura (Japan), first baseman Carlos Jesús Pérez (Venezuela), Kaito Kozono (Japan) at second base, Matt Shaw (USA) at third base and Didi Gregorius (Netherlands) at shortstop. .
The three outfielders chosen were Chandler Simpson (USA), Chieh-Hsien Chen (Chinese Taipei) and Shota Morishita (Japan). Ryan Ward (USA) and as designated hitter.
Regarding individual leaders, Haruto Inoue (Japan) was the pitcher with the best record, Americans Matt Shaw and Ryan Ward led the RBIs (14) and home runs (5), respectively, and his compatriot Chandler Simpson stole nine bases. .
Finally, the Japanese Shota Morishita scored the most runs (13) and the Taiwanese Chieh-Hsien Chen received the Best Defensive Player award, as he made no errors in 13 pitches.
