Australia, the surefire opponent, showed up.
With the final entry revealed, thefaces of players from Japan, Australia, the Czech Republic, and China, which were organized in Group B온라인카지노 of the 5th 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC) with Korea, are attracting attention. In the case of Japan, the burden is heavy because they have the strongest lineup ever.
Then, in reality, Australia, a strong competitor for advancing to the second round (second place in the group), is important. Fortunately, unlike Japan, Australia is evaluated to be able to do it to some extent.
Australia’s 30-man entry, which gathered curiosity, was mostly composed of players from its home league, the Australian Professional Baseball (ABL). American Major League Baseball (MLB) active player is Aaron Whitefield (LA Angels). However, he has little experience as he has no hits in 12 at-bats in 8 games in his big league career. Last season, he had a batting average of 0.252 with 19 homers and 76 RBIs in the minor league double-A.
Another player to keep an eye on is Warwick Saupold. He made his name known to Korean fans by wearing the Hanwha uniform for the 2019-2020 season. He posted a 4.16 earned run average with 22 wins and 24 losses in 59 career games. Serupold, who also plays for the Detroit Tigers and has MLB experience, got on the national team with his performance in the home league Perth Heat.
These two are all players with big league experience. Liam Hendricks (Chicago White Sox), who was expected to join, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of blood cancer, and was not listed. Therefore, it is evaluated that Australia’s power is not at a level to worry about. The two former big league players and Kansas City Royals prospect Robbie Glendining are the targets to be wary of.
Korea will play the first match of Group B round 1 against Australia on March 9 at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. Then, on the 10th, we will play the fateful Korea-Japan match, and we will meet the Czech Republic on the 12th and China on the 13th. If you place second or higher in Group B, you can break through to the first round in three competitions. Considering that the objective power of the Czech Republic and China is inferior, the odds of advancing can be greatly increased if only Australia is dealt well.