Mexico City., October 10, 2024.- Benjamin Gil, manager of the Mexican Baseball Teamannounced at a press conference in the Charros Pan American Stadium the roster of 28 players who will represent the Ninth Mexico in the third edition of the Premier 12.
Receivers:
Alexis Wilson
Three Barrier
Logan Moore
Infielders
Andres Alvarez
Victor Mendoza
Chris Carter
Alejo Lopez
Alan Trejo
Jose Rojas
Carlos Sepulveda
Gardeners
Julian Ornelas
Juan Perez
Asael Sanchez
Randy Romero
Launchers
Wilmer Rios
Teddy Stankiewicz
Adrian Martinez
Joe Riley
Humberto Castellanos
Edwin Fierro
Ruben Alaniz
Cesar Gomez
Fernando Salas
Marcelo Martinez
Manny Banuelos
Victor Gonzalez
Luis Angel Rodriguez
Jeff Ibarra
Technical staff
Benjamín Gil – Manager
Javier Colina – Bench Coach
Alfredo Amézaga – Third base coach
José Silva – Pitching coach
Jacob Cruz – Hitting Coach
Jonathan Jones – First base coach
Manny del Campo – Bullpen coach
William Ruiz – Trainer
Francisco Acevedo – Batboy
Patricio Pérez – General Manager
Alberto Guadarrama – Media Officer
He Charros Pan American Stadiumin Jalisco, and the Santa Teresita Stadiumin Nayarit, will be the headquarters of the Group A of the Premier 12a sector that will be made up of the selections of Mexico, United States, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Netherlands; while in the Group B are located by Japan, Australia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, South Korea and Chinese Taipei. The first game of Group B will be on November 13 in Nagoya, Japan, and the remaining 14 matches will be held in Taipei City.
The top two teams in each group will advance to the Super Round, to be played November 21-23 in Tokyo, Japan. On November 24 in Tokyo the Premier 12 Grand Final will be played between the two best teams in the Super Round.
Complete schedule of Group A of the Premier 12
November 9
13:00 HRS | GDL | Netherlands vs Panama
16:00 HRS | TEP | Puerto Rico vs United States
20:00 HRS | GDL | Venezuela vs México
November 10
13:00 HRS | GDL | Panama vs Venezuela
16:00 HRS | TEP | United States vs Netherlands
20:00 HRS | GDL | México vs Puerto Ricos
November 11
19:00 HRS | TEP | Venezuela vs United States
20:00 HRS | GDL | Mexico vs Panama
November 12
19:00 HRS | TEP | Panama vs United States
20:00 HRS | GDL | Netherlands vs Puerto Rico
November 13
13:00 HRS | GDL | Puerto Rico vs Venezuela
20:00 HRS | GDL | Netherlands vs Mexico
November 14
13:00 HRS | GDL | Venezuela vs Netherlands
19:00 HRS | TEP | Puerto Rico vs Panama
20:00 HRS | GDL | United States vs Mexico
Super Round to be played from November 21 to 23 in Japan
Grand Final, Sunday, November 24 at the Tokyo Dome
The 2024 edition will be the third edition in the history of the Premier 12. In the first edition, in 2015, South Korea defeated the United States in the final; Japan beat Mexico in the third place game. On that occasion, Mexico’s stars were Humberto Sosa (.346 batting average, 1 home run and 6 RBIs) and Juan Pérez (.348 batting average, 1 home run and 3 RBIs).
In the second edition, 2019, Japan beat South Korea in the final; Mexico beat the United States in the third place game. Mexico’s stars in the 2019 Premier 12 were Jonathan Jones (.367 batting average, 3 home runs and 6 RBIs) and Matt Clark (.300 batting average, 3 home runs and 4 RBIs).
