Five Ducks Alumni Among World Baseball Classic Rosters
February 10, 2017 - Atlantic League (AtL)
Long Island Ducks News Release
Denver, CO- 22 players who have played in the Atlantic League, including five that have played for the Long Island Ducks, will be representing countries in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, according to the 16 team rosters announced by Major League Baseball.
"Players from around the world have seen their careers pass through the Atlantic League throughout our first 19 seasons," said League President Rick White. "We are excited to see them playing for their countries in this world-class tournament and wish them all the best of luck. This underscores the high quality of competition and phenomenal level of talent in the ALPB."
The following is a list of Atlantic League alumni who will be taking part in the World Baseball Classic, including which country they will be representing and which ALPB team(s) they previously played for:
POOL A (SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA) POOL C (MIAMI, FLORIDA)
Chinese Taipei Canada
INF Chin-Lung Hu (Southern Maryland) LHP Andrew Albers (Lancaster)
LHP Fu-Te Ni (Lancaster, Camden) OF Michael Crouse (Lancaster, New Britain)
RHP Chien-Ming Wang (Southern Maryland) OF Rene Tosoni (Sugar Land)
Israel POOL D (GUADALAJARA, MEXICO)
LHP Jeremy Bleich (Somerset) Italy
RHP Danny Burawa (Long Island) RHP Frank DeJiulio Jr. (Long Island, Bridgeport)
INF Nate Freiman (Long Island) RHP Mike DeMark (York)
OF Blake Gailen (Lancaster)
RHP Tyler Herron (Somerset) Puerto Rico
RHP Josh Zeid (New Britain) LHP Andrew Barbosa (Long Island)
RHP Jose De La Torre (Somerset)
POOL B (TOKYO, JAPAN) RHP Miguel Mejia (Bridgeport)
Australia C Rene Rivera (Camden)
C Allan De San Miguel (Southern Maryland) LHP J.C. Romero (Long Island)
INF Luke Hughes (Lancaster)
RHP Chris Oxspring (Somerset)
Pool play will begin on March 6 in the four respective host sites sites. The top two teams from each pool will advance to the second round of the tournament, which will be held in Tokyo from March 11-16 and San Diego from March 14-19. The final four teams will then take the field at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles between March 20 and 22 to determine the World Baseball Classic champion. Visit www.worldbaseballclassic.com for more information.
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