Taiwanese national flags are seen on the cap of a supporter during the final match between Japan and Taiwan during the WBSC Premier12 2024 baseball tournament in Tokyo Dome on November 24, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

A person receives an extra edition newspaper reporting that US Major League Baseball Los Angeles Dodgers star Japanese player, Shohei Ohtani, has been selected in the US as this season's Most Valuable Player (MVP), along a street in central Tokyo on November 22, 2024. Ohtani was named Major League Baseball's National League Most Valuable Player on November 21 US time after a historic 2024 season that ended with his first World Series title. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP) / Japan OUT (Photo by STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images)

Venezuelan Minister of Sports, Arnaldo Sanchez, speaks during a press conference at the Simon Bolivar Monumental Stadium in Caracas on November 19, 2024. A selection of players from Japan, as a preamble to the Asian country's unprecedented participation in the Caribbean Series, will take part in Venezuela's All-Star Baseball Game on December 10, organizers announced on Tuesday. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) (Photo by FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images)

President of the Venezuelan League of Professional Baseball (LVBP), Giuseppe Palmisano, speaks during a press conference at the Simon Bolivar Monumental Stadium in Caracas on November 19, 2024. A selection of players from Japan, as a preamble to the Asian country's unprecedented participation in the Caribbean Series, will take part in Venezuela's All-Star Baseball Game on December 10, organizers announced on Tuesday. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) (Photo by FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images)

Secretary General of the Caribbean Baseball Confederation, Antonio Herrera, speaks during a press conference at the Simon Bolivar Monumental Stadium in Caracas on November 19, 2024. A selection of players from Japan, as a preamble to the Asian country's unprecedented participation in the Caribbean Series, will take part in Venezuela's All-Star Baseball Game on December 10, organizers announced on Tuesday. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) (Photo by FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images)

(L to R) Secretary General of the Caribbean Baseball Confederation, Antonio Herrera; Venezuelan Minister of Sports, Arnaldo Sanchez; President of the Venezuelan League of Professional Baseball (LVBP), Giuseppe Palmisano; and President of the Venezuelan-Japanese Chamber (CAVEJA), Erwin Miyasaka, are pictured during a press conference at the Simon Bolivar Monumental Stadium in Caracas on November 19, 2024. A selection of players from Japan, as a preamble to the Asian country's unprecedented participation in the Caribbean Series, will take part in Venezuela's All-Star Baseball Game on December 10, organizers announced on Tuesday. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) (Photo by FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images)

President of the Venezuelan-Japanese Chamber (CAVEJA), Erwin Miyasaka, speaks during a press conference at the Simon Bolivar Monumental Stadium in Caracas on November 19, 2024. A selection of players from Japan, as a preamble to the Asian country's unprecedented participation in the Caribbean Series, will take part in Venezuela's All-Star Baseball Game on December 10, organizers announced on Tuesday. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) (Photo by FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images)

Japan's pitcher Haruto Inoue pitches during the WBSC Premier 12 Group B baseball game between Japan and the Dominican Republic at the Tianmu Baseball Stadium in Taipei on November 18, 2024. (Photo by I-Hwa CHENG / AFP) (Photo by I-HWA CHENG/AFP via Getty Images)