Taipei Times
Date: Feb 24, 2018
By: Staff writer, with CNA

Taiwan have dropped two spots to sixth in the World Baseball Softball Confederation’s latest men’s baseball world rankings, which weigh the performance of national teams in sanctioned international competitions over a four-year period.

The world governing body for baseball and softball on Thursday released its newest rankings based on the performances of national teams from 2015 to this year and recent poor performances have seen Taiwan sink two places from fourth to sixth place.

With a cumulative score of 2,520, Taiwan have been passed by Cuba and Mexico, which rank fourth and fifth respectively.

As performances in 2014 are no longer taken into account, Taiwan’s scores from the 2014 U21 Baseball World Cup no longer cushion the nation’s relatively lackluster performances in the years since.    [FULL  STORY]