The Top Players of the U-18 Baseball European Championship

Best Pitcher: Filippo Sabatini (ITA)
Filippo Sabatini of Italy was awarded the Best Pitcher title. He recorded a superb ERA of 0.64 on 11 innings pitched and 20 strikeouts. He was the winning pitcher of the Semifinal against Great Britain.

Leading Batter: Djean Macares (NED)
Djean Macares from the Netherlands won the Best Batter with an impressive batting average of .632, 13 hits on 22 at-bats, 10 RBIs, and an on-base percentage of .679.

Most Valuable Player: Giacomo Taschin (ITA)
Giacomo Taschin, also from Italy, was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament. Taschin excelled both in the box with a batting average of .333 and on the mount with an ERA of 1.0 over 25.0 innings pitched. The Italian ace started the seven games Italy played throughout the U-18 EuroBaseball.

All the stats from the U-18 Baseball European Championship can be see here.

Italy won the Title of European Champion, Germany secured silver, and the Netherlands took home bronze. Both Italy and Germany have qualified for the upcoming WBSC World Cup.

Photos by Walter Keller / Catchthefever