The Asian champion and runner-up will qualify into the 12-team WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup 2020, where European champion Germany and runner-up Italy have already qualified.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has awarded MEDIAPRO the exclusive broadcast rights across the Americas for all WBSC’s world championships through 2022 as well as the flagship global competition on the calendar, the 2019 WBSC Premier12.

The defending champions Germany confirmed as U-15 European Champions winning, 10-3, the final that Italy played on home turf in Nettuno. The Netherlands are out of the U-15 World Cup after entering the semifinal with a clean record

The eight-team tournament will qualify the two finalists to the WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup 2020. Italy hosts the tournament with the goal to cancel a disappointing fifth place in 2017. Germany is the defending European Champion

The middle infielder is one of 15 USA Baseball Alumni that were picked in the first round. Amongst them Bobby Witt Junior (Kansas City Royals), Golden Spikes Award winner Andrew Vaughn (Chicago White Sox) and number one overall, catcher Adley Rutschman (Baltimore Orioles)