Team USA celebrates its U-18 World Cup victory. Photo courtesy WBSC.

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The U-18 World Cup is often the first peek at the stars who will soon dominate the professional game. Stars like Shohei Ohtani, Yu Darvish, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Tyler O'Neill, Josh Naylor and Francisco Lindor all made their mark at the tournament. Most recently, Team USA – led by potential first overall pick Grady Emerson – defeated Japan for the gold medal in Okinawa . While I was in Salt Lake City for the HRDX Finals ( where Emerson again starred ), I ran into the great Tyler Maun, w

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