USA Baseball announced on Saturday 111 players selected for the fifth-annual 12U National Open. The National Open will take place from July 23-25 at the VTV Baseball Complex in Castaic, California, followed immediately by the 12U National Team Trials from July 26-28.
The participant is not eligible for a USA Baseball team or event this year.
In 2018, the 12U National Team returns to the COPABE Pan American "A" Championships looking for its first gold in the event. The tournament will be played August 25-September 2 in Aguascalientes, Mexico, following the 12U National Open and National Team Trials and Training.
The 2018 14U NTDP will once again be held at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina, July 23-27. Immediately following the completion of the 14U NTDP, 18 players will be selected to compete in the 2018 15U National Team Trials.
This year's 15U National Team will compete in the 2018 WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup from August 10-19 in David, Panama. The team will be selected through a revamped trials system that is split into two phases, starting with Phase 1 from July 29-31 and finishing with Phase 2 from August 1-3.
The inaugural 16U NTDP will take place at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina, from August 3-7. The event includes off-field seminars, intrasquad games and two games against the 2018 15U National Team.
For the third year in a row, the 17U NTDP will be held in Chicago, Illinois. The week-long event will take place from July 22-26 and feature games at Wrigley Field and Miller Park.
After capturing its fourth consecutive World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-18 Baseball World Cup title in 2017, the 2018 18U National Team will look to win its fifth straight COPABE Pan Am "AAA" Championship gold medal. The tournament will be held November 22-December 2 in Panama City, Panama.
The 2018 Collegiate National Team continued the program's recent streak of success, once again winning all three international series it played in against Chinese Taipei, Japan and Cuba. Team USA finished its summer with a 12-3 record.
The Women's National Team will compete for a World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's Baseball World Cup championship on home soil for the first time in 2018. Following training in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, August 16-20, Team USA will play for World Cup gold at the USSSA Space Coast Complex in Viera, Florida, August 22-31.
