The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks are set to be the most well-represented NPB team at the 2017 World Baseball Classic after the final rosters for the tournament were revealed Wednesday in the United States.
The Hawks will send six players to the tournament, which begins March 6, in Seoul (Japan begins play at Tokyo Dome on March 7), and concludes March 22 in Los Angeles.
Hawks pitchers Kodai Senga and Shota Takeda (a late replacement for injured Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters ace Shohei Otani) will represent Japan alongside infielder Nobuhiro Matsuda and outfielder Seiichi Uchikawa. Rick van den Hurk will pitch for the Netherlands, while hurler Robert Suarez was named to Team Venezuela.
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