USA Baseball named four-time Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series winner Joe Girardi as manager of the U.S. National Team for November’s WBSC Premier12, the main international baseball event of the year and 2020 Olympic qualifier.

Castro will look to improve upon Mexico’s fourth-place finish in the 2015 WBSC Premier12 and secure a place in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games by finishing as the top team from the Americas. In the 2015 Premier12, second-place USA was the top finisher out of the Americas.

Today marks 100 days to the biggest international baseball event on this year’s calendar, the II WBSC Premier12, which will be a global battle between the Top 12 ranked Men’s National Teams in the world and also serve as an Olympic qualifier for the Tokyo 2020 Games.

Approaching 100 days to the Opening Day of the year’s top major international baseball competition and Olympic qualifier, sponsorship and ticketing announcements were made on the second edition of the WBSC Premier12®, which will feature the world’s Top 12 ranked men’s national baseball teams and run from 2-17 November.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and SSK will make announcements on the 2019 WBSC Premier12, the top international baseball competition of the year and Olympic qualifier, while the 2019 Premier12 trophy will make its first stop in Japan.

In addition, Japan National Team Manager Atsunori Inaba will speak on his enthusiasm for November’s global competition between baseball’s top 12 countries.

The WBSC, Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and SSK will make announcements on the 2019 WBSC Premier12, the top international baseball competition of the year and Olympic qualifier.

The upcoming major international baseball competition WBSC Premier12 and the preparation of the Puerto Rican National Team were the key agenda items of the historic meeting. The WBSC Premier12 will be played from 2-17 November, while the LBPRC season traditionally starts in November.

Group A (Dominican Republic, Mexico, Netherlands and USA) tickets for 2019’s biggest international baseball competition and Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifier are now available online.

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