The Japan national team defeated the United States with Shohei Otani on the mound in the ninth episode and eliminated Mike Trout to exit the game in 27th place. However, this is not all that the Japanese won, because he also added a significant amount of money to his accounts.
According to The Sporting News, the total prize awarded at the 2023 World Baseball Classic was $14.4 million, of which $6 was distributed among the 20 participating teams. This left each team that participated in the group stage with at least $300,000 left.
In addition, it must be taken into account that group winners received another $300,000, Bye had they advanced to the quarter-finals and semi-finals, they would have added $400,000 and $500,000 respectively. So all of that money was raised by the Japanese team that finished third in the World Baseball Classic.
However, although the sum of all the above figures already reaches a large number, there are still numbers to be added, being the prize for participating in the final of the competition, another $500,000; thus coming to the total prize is about US$3 million.
Finally, after the victory of the Asian team, all players from Japan received a prize of 1.5 million USD and were divided among 30 players on the list, you can see the star glove and batsman, Shohei Otani, won $50,000 for the 2023 World Baseball Classic title.all this according to the previously mentioned source.
Source: La Opinion
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