USA Baseball named Frank Jagoda the Director of the 18U National Team. In this role, Jagoda will oversee the day-to-day operations of the 18U National Team program, as well as the 16U and 17U National Team Development Programs, and will also work closely with the recently announced Prospect Development Pipeline League.

After hitting for a natural cycle in the COPABE U-18 Pan-American Championships gold medal game, Bobby Witt Jr. was honored with USA Baseball's International Performance of the Year Award.

Bobby Witt Jr. (Colleyville, Texas) hit for the cycle and Jack Leiter (Summit, N.J.) was masterful on the mound as Team USA (9-0) defeated Panama 17-2 in the gold medal game of the 2018 COPABE U-18 Pan-American Championship on Sunday at Rico Cedeno Stadium.