Shawn Spradling

And like you said, it's a short tournament.

So it's not like you have a ton of time to build any sort of team chemistry, but

It does matter.

That's honestly why I think Japan is just so dominant every single tournament they enter, whether it's the WBC, the Olympics, the Premier 12, because they all play together.

They know each other.

They play together in multiple events, at least one a year.

They know each other.

They have the greatest chemistry.

There you go.

Of those three, definitely Nicaragua.

Because I think that they have the pitching to win a game.

If they can... The offense, kind of like Brazil, is pretty weak, but they have a good amount of minor leaguers that I think can...

in a tournament setting can find a way to win a game.

There's a lot of minor leaguers.

They don't really have any big leaguers other than Mark Vientos, who actually is kind of a difference maker for them because he brings a big league...

level hitter to that lineup um which is now what brazil doesn't have um and check you actually just lost eric so guard to injury not that he's like yeah big league but he's not a big leaguer anymore but at least he brought that presence to the team so they have one or two difference makers in that on that team and then enough depth to where i think they could actually win a game or two okay now this is the interesting one to me this group this we were here

Well, this is it.

I mean, it's crazy because it's such a huge tier.

But I think the and I think you're right.

It's like I rank Canada and Italy in that next tier up.