There will be plenty of attention on the superstar players of the Samurai Japan roster during the World Baseball Classic. Everyone knows what players like Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish can do. There are also a lot of fans eager to see pitchers Roki Sasaki and Yoshinobu Yamamoto and slugger Munetaka Murakami on the international stage.

So looking past some of the obvious names on the Japan roster, here are some players fans should keep an eye on as Samurai Japan attempts to win the title for the first time since 2009:

Kensuke Kondo finished the 2022 NPB season with a .418 on-base percentage. | KYODO
Kensuke Kondo finished the 2022 NPB season with a .418 on-base percentage. | KYODO

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Source : Baseball – The Japan Times

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