Good for Japan, Korea lost haha. 大谷 翔平 Shohei had good first game, was the winning pitcher and also good job batting. Game was close until the end though, China did better than i expected.
China right now is in that 80s and 90s Team Taiwan mode. They completely lack bullpen depth, and just have a 19 year-old pitcher that just hit his prime and could shutout a good team for 8 innings, then it all falls apart the moment he leaves the mound. The hitting isn’t really there, but they got a few foreign born players to give them some offense.
Tsent Ren-ho pitched in the 2013 WBC against the Neatherlands when he was 19 as well. He would have been on the team this year had he not suffered a shoulder injury a week prior.
Huang has a weird delivery and great command. He was pretty unhittable last year. So, maybe he will be weird enough to keep the Netherlands bats quiet.