Was Wilyer Abreu Snubbed From WBC All-Tournament Team
The World Baseball Classic is over, and Venezuela can say they are at the top of the baseball world.
Was Wilyer Abreu Snubbed From WBC All-Tournament Team originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The World Baseball Classic is over, and Venezuela can say they are at the top of the baseball world, and Wilyer Abreu played a huge part in that.
However, despite hitting two of the biggest home runs of the entire tournament, Abreu was not honored with a selection to the World Baseball Classic All-Tournament team. Instead, the three outfielders that made the team were Roman Anthony, Dante Nori and Fernando Tatis Jr. Was Abreu snubbed?
Abreu had a great tournament, highlighted by his three-run home run against Japan that will go down in Venezuelan baseball history. The two-time Gold Glover played great defense all tournament, as expected, but offensively, his numbers did not stack up to the three outfielders who made the team. Anthony: .
280/. 400/. 520, 2 HR, 5 BB 7 RBI Tatis: .