During the day of October 21, the official roster of the national team was announced. USA who will play the upcoming tournament Premier 12 which will take place in three different venues, Mexico, Chinese Taipei and Japan from November 9 to 24, 2024.
The best 12 national teams located in the organization’s ranking at the end of 2023 will give life to the stellar event and each of them has announced each of the rosters to attend it. On this occasion it was the turn of USAwho in the official page of USA Baseball detailed the members of the United States team.
USA Baseball announces its roster for the 2024 Premier12 presented by RAXUS
«USA Baseball today announced its roster for the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier 12 presented by RAXUS. The 28-player USA roster comprises 15 pitchers and 13 position players not currently on Major League Baseball’s 40-man rosters, and features four USA Baseball alumni as well as four Top 100 prospects from MLB Pipeline.«
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«Team USA, one of six teams in Group A, will compete in the group stage Nov. 9-14 in Guadalajara and Tepic, Mexico. The top two nations from the six-team group will then advance to the Super Round in Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 21-24.«
“We are confident that the roster we have assembled for the Premier12 tournament puts us in a great position to bring home a gold medal,” said Team USA general manager Tony Reagins. “These twenty-eight players will represent the United States well and we look forward to watching them compete for our country.”
“We are all very excited about the Premier12 tournament,” said Team USA head coach Mike Scioscia. “Our USA team is a great combination of talented young players and a strong veteran presence. “We can’t wait to get on the field to compete against the best baseball countries in the world.”
«Major League Baseball’s No. 75 prospect, Termarr Johnson (Pittsburgh Pirates), stands out among a group of four alumni returning to the Stars and Stripes. Johnson, a two-time alumnus, is joined by 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics silver medalist Anthony Gose, five-time alumnus Chris Okey (Los Angeles Dodgers) and former 16U National Team player Touki Toussaint.«
«Johnson is also one of four MLB Pipeline Top 100 prospects in the US list. Leading the quartet is Carson Williams (Tampa Bay Rays), who is the fourth-best prospect in baseball, as well as the No. 22 prospect in general Matt Shaw (Chicago Cubs). Justin Crawford (No. 53, Philadelphia Phillies) and Johnson round out the roster’s top 100 prospects, reuniting after both participating in USA Baseball’s 14U National Team Development Program (NTDP) in 2018.«
«In addition to the prospects of the Team USAthe team also includes nine players with Major League experience, totaling 61 Major League seasons. Rich Hill leads the pack with 20 MLB seasons under his belt, while Dan Altavilla, Dylan Covey (Philadelphia Phillies), Gose, Spencer Patton and Toussaint all contribute at least five seasons of major league time to the roster. Zac Grotz, Casey Lawrence (Seattle Mariners) and Okey have also had stints in the major leagues.«
«Four players from the Tampa Bay Rays farm system appear on the 28-man roster, leading all MLB clubs. Williams is joined by his Rays teammates Antonio Menendez, Chandler Simpson and Austin Vernon. Three other clubs placed two players each on Team USA: Chicago White Sox (Eric Adler and Tim Elko), Kansas City Royals (Cam Devanney and Evan Sisk) and Los Angeles Dodgers (Okey and Ryan Ward).«
«Right-handed pitchers Sam Benschoter (Cincinnati Reds), Zane Mills (St. Louis Cardinals) and Devin Sweet (Detroit Tigers), catchers Drake Baldwin (Atlanta Braves) and Willie MacIver (Colorado Rockies), infielder Luke Ritter (New York Mets) and outfielder Colby Thomas (Oakland Athletics) complete the United States roster.«
«The team of USA. will be led by 19-year MLB veteran and Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics manager Mike Scioscia in 2024. Scioscia is joined by an experienced staff, including bench coach Ron Roenicke, pitching coach Dave Wallace and hitting coach Rick Eckstein. Dino Ebel (third base coach), Jemile Weeks (first base coach), LaTroy Hawkins (bullpen coach) and Carlos Muñoz (bullpen catcher) round out the staff, which combines 84 seasons of major league coaching experience.«
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«The Premier12 2024 will feature the top 12 ranked teams in the world (as of December 31, 2023) in an international competition in Japan, Mexico and Taiwan. After placing second in the first edition of the competition in 2015 and fourth in the 2019 tournament, Team USA is seeking its first gold medal in Premier12 history. The team will begin its campaign in Guadalajara and Tepic, Mexico, from November 9-14 and will look to advance to Tokyo, Japan, for the final round of the competition.«
«For more information about USA Baseball and the 2024 Professional National Team, follow @USABaseball on social media or visit USABaseball.com.«
Roster of USA at Premier 12 of 2024
- Eric Adler; RHP; Chicago White Sox (AA)
- Dan Altavilla; RHP; Free Agent
- Drake Baldwin; C; Atlanta Braves (AAA)
- Sam Benschoter; RHP; Cincinnati Reds (AAA)
- Dylan Covey; RHP; Philadelphia Phillies (AAA)
- Justin Crawford; OF; Philadelphia Phillies (AA)
- Cam Devaney; INF/OF; Kansas City Royals (AAA)
- Tim Elko; 1B; Chicago White Sox (AAA)
- *Anthony Gose; LHP; Free Agent
- Zac Grotz; RHP; Acereros de Monclova (MEX)
- Rich Hill; LHP; Free Agent
- *Termarr Johnson; INF; Pittsburgh Pirates (AA)
- Casey Lawrence; RHP; Seattle Mariners (AAA)
- Willie MacIver; C; Colorado Rockies (AAA)
- Antonio Menendez; RHP; Tampa Bay Rays (AA)
- Zane Mills; RHP; St. Louis Cardinals (AA)
- *Chris Okey; C; Los Angeles Dodgers (AAA)
- Spencer Patton; RHP; Olmecas de Tabasco (MEX)
- Luke Ritter; INF/OF; New York Mets (AAA)
- Matt Shaw; INF; Chicago Cubs (AAA)
- Chandler Simpson; OF; Tampa Bay Rays (AA)
- Evan Sisk; LHP; Kansas City Royals (AAA)
- Devin Sweet; RHP; Detroit Tigers (AAA)
- Colby Thomas; OF; Oakland Athletics (AAA)
- *Touki Toussaint; RHP; Free Agent
- Austin Vernon; RHP; Tampa Bay Rays (AA)
- Ryan Ward; INF/OF; Los Angeles Dodgers (AAA)
- Carson Williams; INF; Tampa Bay Rays (AA)
*denotes an alumnus of the US national baseball team.
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