2017 World Port Tournament

The 2017 World Port Tournament was held from July 1 through July 9, 2017 in Rotterdam. Competing teams were the Dutch national team, Cuba, a Japanese team, a team from Taiwan and a team from Curacao.

Cuba finished last for the first time ever, going 3-4 as they dropped their last four games, including the three games in the placement round. Playing well were Yoelkis Guibert (.423/.423/.500). Frank Camilo Morejón (.412/.565/.471), Yoalkis Cruz (1-0, 0.52) and Yoandri Ruiz (1-0, 1.17).

Curacao was 1-5 but avoided last by beating Cuba in the second round. Their best player was Shurendell Mujica (.429/.556/.619, 5 RBI).

Japan was 5-3, losing the finale to Taiwan, 3-2. Ryosuke Fujii (Sv, 0 R in 11 IP) and Daisuke Yamagami (2-0, 0.60) were dominant hurlers while Takuya Okura (.448/.515/.483, 9 RBI in 7 G) and Masaki Otani (.379/.438/.552) paced the offense.

The host Netherlands was a disappointing 3-3 and 4th place. They did have the MVP in Dwayne Kemp (.421/.500/.474, 6 RBI in 6 G). Diegomar Markwell (0.00 in 10 1/3 IP) and Kevin Heijstek (1 UER in 7 IP) both pitched well but did not get decisions.

Taiwan won their second title, having also won in 2011. After a 1-3 start, they won their final four games, topping the Netherlands and Japan (twice) in the second round to take it all. Yi-Hung Chen hit .368/.500/.526 as their top offensive performer. Hsin-Chuan Wang drove in all three runs in the 10-inning finale while Cheng-Hao Wang got the win (1 R in 3 1/3 IP).

Awards were presented to:

• Best Contact Hitter: Takuya Okura, Japan (.448)
• Best Pitcher: Daisuke Yamagami, Japan (2-0, 0.60)
• Home Run King: Yi-Hung Chen, Taiwan (1)
• MVP: Dwayne Kemp, Netherlands (.421, 6 RBI)
• Most Popular Player: Koya Araki, Japan
• Best Rookie: ??Unclear if this was awarded in 2017??
• Donald Bax Press Award: Shurendell Mujica, Curacao

Rosters

Cuba

• Osvaldo Vázquez, C
• Frank Camilo Morejón, C
• Franklin Aballe, C
• Leonel Segura, IF
• Dainier Gálvez, IF
• Eliecer Griñán, IF
• Osvaldo Abreu, IF
• Roberto Acea, IF
• Anibal Medina, IF
• Humberto Bravo, IF
• Yoelkis Guibert, OF
• Jorge Luis Peña, OF
• Yusniel Ibáñez, OF
• Edilse Silva, OF
• Dariel Góngora, P
• Geonel Gutiérrez, P
• Luis Castillo, P
• César García, P
• Yoandri Ruiz, P
• Yoalkis Cruz, P
• Adrián Sosa, P
• Alexander Matos, P
• Vladimir Hernández, Manager
• Jesus Barroso, Coach
• Leonardo Soto, Coach
• Osmanis Artiles, Coach
• Jorge Perez Menendez, Coach
• Heriberto Rosales, Coach

Curacao

• Claysandy Hariquez, C
• Kenimar Martina, C
• Ulrich Snijders, IF
• Levis Carolus, IF
• Shurendell Mujica, IF
• Johnny Gregorius, IF-Coach
• Edinho Meyer, IF
• Sorick Liberia, IF
• Ardley Jansen, IF
• Reangelo Beaumont, IF
• Sherman La Crus, OF
• Reyhan Fecunda, OF
• Rojean Cleofa, OF
• Denzel Richardson, OF
• Raywendley Van Gurp, OF
• Dennis Gustina, OF
• Sidney Antonia, P
• Rodienne Albertus, P
• Hershelon Juliana, P
• Maverich Lourens, P
• Temesh Lourens, P
• Ismail Ross, P
• Ruderly Manuel, P
• Jhan Rifaela, P
• Raymond Van Gurp, Manager
• Ramsey Betorina, Coach
• Richard Obispo, Coach
• Sendley Reina, Coach
• Ramiro Balentina, Coach

Japan

• Tateo Kume, C
• Yusuke Nakamura, IF
• Masaki Otani, IF
• Hiroto Kobukata, IF
• Togo Tada, IF
• Kenta Morinaka, IF
• Takuya Hirayama, IF
• Takuya Okura, IF
• Koya Araki, IF
• Naoyuki Wakiya, IF
• Kenta Fukukhara, OF
• Yudai Nakanishi, OF
• Masaki Yamagishi, OF
• Ryota Maeda, OF
• Kazuya Suzuki, OF
• Akira Yamaguchi, P
• Ryosuke Fujii, P
• Kazuma Okada, P
• Kenko Kotera, P
• Daisuke Yamagami, P
• Takahiro Yamamoto, P
• Tatsuya Yokoyama, P
• Kosuke Fukushima, P
• Noboru Goto, Coach
• Kazutoyo Hayase is listed as field manager, Junki Yoshioka as team manager and Takumi Kihara also as team manager. Unclear which one was the manager; presumably the other two were coaches?

Netherlands

• Gianison Boekhoudt, C
• Rowan van Hoek, C
• Max Clarijs, C
• Dwayne Kemp, IF
• Nick Urbanus, IF
• Stijn van der Meer, IF
• Dudley Leonora, IF
• Kendrick Delima, IF
• Max Draijer, IF
• Chris Garia, OF
• Bram Grooten, OF
• Rachid Engelhardt, OF
• Nick Peels, OF
• Rob Cordemans, P
• Diegomar Markwell, P
• Kevin Heijstek, P
• Mike Bolsenbroek, P
• Lars Huijer, P
• Jim Ploeger, P
• Loek van Mil, P
• Berry van Driel, P
• Kevin Kelly, P
• Jerremyh Angela, P
• Kaj Timmermans, P
• Sidney de Jong, Manager
• Evert-Jan 't Hoen, Coach
• Eugene Kingsale, Coach
• Wim Martinus, Coach

Taiwan

• Meng-Hsiu Tsai, C
• Chia-Wei Huang, C
• Wei-Ming Huang, C
• Ming-Chueh Tsai, IF
• Han Lin, IF
• Yi-Hung Chen, IF
• Wei-Chuan Su, IF
• Chun-Kai Liao, IF
• Hsin-Chuan Wang, IF
• Tzu-Chieh Lin, OF
• Ju-Liang Tai, OF
• Chia-Yu Lin, OF
• Yen-Ying Chen, OF
• Chih-Hung Cheng, P
• Chun-Chi Lee, P
• Sheng-Feng Wu, P
• Tzu-Peng Huang, P
• Chuang-Ju Liao, P
• Wen-Hao Cheng, P
• Chien-Lung Huang, P
• Yao-Tso Kao, P
• Chia-Chun Tang, P
• Cheng-Hao Wang, P
• Shun-I Tsu, Manager
• Ying-Nan Li, Coach
• Chieh-Chun Lee, Coach
• Yen-Kuo Wang, Coach

Source: World Port Tournament