Premiere 12 Tournament :
“The tournament has two groups of six teams each playing in the 12-team Opening Round. Each team plays five games against each other in the group. The top two teams from each group advance to the Super Round. The four remaining teams who advance to the Super Round will play against each other. After completion, the teams who finish first and second will play the gold medal match, while the teams placing third and fourth will play for bronze.” - Wikipedia
The participants are Mexico (host), United States, Venezuela, Netherlands, Panama and Puerto Rico in Pool A and Japan (host), South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Australia in Pool B. The Super round will be played in the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. Japan is the defending champion from the 2019 tournament.
Team USA is 2-2 in pool play thus far with one game remaining against Team Mexico tomorrow. In their pool Team Netherlands and Team Venezuela are currently 2-1, Team Panama has a 2-2 record while both Team Mexico and Team Puerto Rico are 1-2. Team USA won their games against the Netherlands and Panama but lost to Puerto Rico and Venezuela.
Phillies or former Phillies on rosters include :
United States :
OF Justin Crawford - he’s 3 for 14 thus far with three doubles and two RBIs - .313 OBP, made a nice running catch in CF vs VZ
LHP Anthony Gose - has made two scoreless appearances - 1.1 IP
Mexico :
C Logan Moore - singled and scored a run in his only AB to date
RHP Fernando Salas - has not appeared in a game yet
Venezuela :
OF Herlis Rodriquez - he’s 2 for 8 with a walk and three runs scored
RHP Ricardo Pinto - has made one start - 5 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 3 BB, 6 K’s got the W
RHP Mario Sanchez - has made one start - 6 IP, 2 R - 1 earned, 3 H, 0 BB, 10 K’s
LHP Jose Alvarez - 1 appearance - 1 scoreless frame - 2 K’s
Netherlands :
RHP Jaydenn Estanista - 1 appearance - 1 scoreless IP, 1 H, 0 BB, 1 K
INF Didi Gregorius - he’s 6 for 15 with 2 HR’s, 4 RBI’s, 5 runs scored
Panama :
INF Johan Camargo - he’s 2 for 9 with a double and run scored
RHP Severino Gonzalez - has appeared in 1 game - 2.1 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 1 BB, 3 K’s
MGR Jose Mayorga
Dominican Republic : no results posted yet - Pool Play began 11/12
RHP Franklyn Kilome
LHP Joely Rodriquez
RHP Victor Lopez
Australia : no results posted yet - Pool Play began 11/12
RHP Mitch Neunborn
RHP Todd Van Steensel
1B Rixon Wingrove
INF Robbie Glendinning
OF Tim Kennelly
Yankees sign now former Phillies RHP
RHP Cristian Hernandez has signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees. The 24 year old was one of my favorite people in the Phillies system, always polite and welcoming. This past season he had a slow start due to some arm fatigue and conditioning after pitching in the Venezuela Winter League. Cristian opened the year in extended spring camp before eventually working his way back to Reading after stints with Clearwater and Jersey Shore. He has been a starter/bulk reliever in years past and earned a trip to the Arizona Fall League in 2022 where he pitched very well (0.82 ERA in 11 IP). This past year he was more of a one inning reliever (only 8 of his 40 appearances were two innings - one three inning spot). Cristian features a fastball (93-96 mph) slider, sinker and curve. He’s got decent stuff and has had some success, we wished him well last evening, good fella.
Other Notes :
Former Phillies minor league RHP Michael Gomez has signed a minor league contract with the St. Louis Cardinals. He pitched at the AAA level last season in the Yankees organization.
High Performance Camp :
Camp continues - Jim Peyton has a nice write up on the camp that he posted today on Phuture Phillies - Jim has been to every camp practice except one thus far - camp is slated to end on 11/22.
Happy Day, Happy Baseball ⚾️
Justin Crawford with a leaping catch for Team USA!
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