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U22 Most Valuable Player Award Goes To Watanabe
Sunday, December 31st , 2023
The manager of the Japan said he thinks Hideji Watanabe is only going to get better as he gets older.

He may only be 20, but it will be hard to top the second baseman's 2023 campaign, as he has been named the winner of the World Baseball Championship U22 Most Valuable Player Award.

His winning campaign featured a .368 batting average and a .488 on-base percentage this year. In 17 games he piled up 25 hits, 8 doubles, no triples, 7 home runs, 24 RBIs and 24 runs scored.

He received 10 first place votes out of a possible 20. Kimi Matsushita of the Japan finished second in voting with 1 first place vote, while Mitsuyoshi Nishimoto of the Japan finished third with 1 first place vote.

Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Hideji Watanabe - Japan - 10 - 212
Kimi Matsushita - Japan - 1 - 138
Mitsuyoshi Nishimoto - Japan - 1 - 137
Jordan Walker - The United States - 3 - 121
Tatsumi Hamamoto - Japan - 2 - 120
Gunnar Henderson - The United States - 2 - 115
Yujiro Yamamoto - Japan - 0 - 112
Tyler Soderstrom - The United States - 0 - 70
Michinori Torii - Japan - 0 - 55
Kiminaga Higuchi - Japan - 1 - 16
Edwin Arroyo - Puerto Rico - 0 - 16
Kazunori Fukui - Japan - 0 - 10
Anthony Molina - Venezuela - 0 - 9
Masuami Toki - Japan - 0 - 9
Egory Manuela - Curaçao - 0 - 8
Sandy Gaston - Cuba - 0 - 7
Austin Aldeano - Panama - 0 - 6
Sem Robberse - The Netherlands - 0 - 5
Cristian Mena - Dominican Republic - 0 - 4
Diego Cartaya - Venezuela - 0 - 3
Francisco Alvarez - Venezuela - 0 - 2
Jackson Chourio - Venezuela - 0 - 2
Abdiel Medina - Panama - 0 - 2
Hugo Villalobos - Panama - 0 - 1
Japan's Higuchi Nets U22 Best Pitcher
Sunday, December 31st , 2023
22-year-old Kiminaga Higuchi of the Japan put together a good year in 2023 for such a young player. Higuchi was named today as the winner of the World Baseball Championship U22 Best Pitcher.

Higuchi crafted an impressive 3-0 record and a 0.32 ERA. In 28.1 innings he allowed 10 hits, struck out 51, and walked 3.

He received 17 first place votes out of a possible 20. Anthony Molina of the Venezuela finished second in voting with 3 first place votes, while Egory Manuela of the Curaçao finished third.

Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Kiminaga Higuchi - Japan - 17 - 130
Anthony Molina - Venezuela - 3 - 87
Egory Manuela - Curaçao - 0 - 52
Sandy Gaston - Cuba - 0 - 25
Austin Aldeano - Panama - 0 - 17
Sem Robberse - The Netherlands - 0 - 15
Hugo Villalobos - Panama - 0 - 7
Tink Hence - The United States - 0 - 6
Abdiel Medina - Panama - 0 - 1
U22 Headline News: The Offseason Begins
Sunday, December 31st , 2023
Nothing beats the World Baseball Championship U22 tournament! Now that this tournament is finished, the excitement will begin to build for the next one.
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