Samurai J and Shohei Otani 12 players pre-announced Darvish, Munetaka Murakami and other strongest members gather for WBC | Full Account

Three players including Seiya Suzuki and Aki Sasaki were selected for the big group.

On the 6th, the Japanese national baseball team “Samurai Japan” announced the 12 members who are scheduled to participate in the World Baseball Classic (WBC) to be held in March. The final members will be announced later.

From the majors, pitcher Shohei Ohtani (Angels), pitcher Yu Darvish (Padres), and outfielder Seiya Suzuki (Cubs) were announced in advance. As for the uniform number, Otani has “16”, Darvish has “11”, and Suzuki has “51”.

Infielder Munetaka Murakami (Yakult) and pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Orix), who hit 56 home runs, the most by a Japanese player, won the triple crown. There are six pitchers, including Otani, Shosei Togo (Giant), Aki Sasaki (Lotte), and Shota Imanaga (DeNA). Takuya Kai (Softbank) was selected as the holder.

Three outfield players, Murakami, Sosuke Genda (Seibu) and Shugo Maki (DeNA), and two outfield players, Suzuki and Kensuke Kondo (Softbank) were selected.