question: What nationality was the player named MVP in 2017 World Baseball Classic – Pool C ?
answer: American
context: Title: 2017 World Baseball Classic – Qualification
  Passage: The Qualifying Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held from February 11 to September 25, 2016.  Teams which participated at the 2013 World Baseball Classic were automatically qualified for the 2017 tournament except the four nations which ended up last in their respective groups: Australia, Brazil, Mexico, and Spain had to play in the qualifiers along with 12 other national teams.  16 teams participated, divided into four groups of four teams each.  The winners of each of the four groups qualified for the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
  Title: Sebastián Valle
  Passage: Sebastián Valle Velásquez (born July 24, 1990) is a Mexican professional baseball catcher for the Leones de Yucatán of the Mexican Baseball League.  He played for the Mexican national baseball team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic and the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
  Title: Israel at the World Baseball Classic
  Passage: Team Israel has competed in the World Baseball Classic since the 2013 World Baseball Classic qualifier round.  In 2017 Israel competed at a World Baseball Classic qualifier for the second time, and for the first time qualified for the main tournament.
  Title: Manny Machado
  Passage: Manuel Arturo Machado (] ; born July 6, 1992) is an American professional baseball third baseman and shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB).  He attended Brito High School in Miami and was drafted by the Orioles with the third overall pick in the 2010 Major League Baseball draft.  He bats and throws right-handed.
  Title: Chen Kun (baseball)
  Passage: Chen Kun (; born 5 March 1980 in Panzhihua, Sichuan, China) is a Chinese baseball player who was a member of Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.  He also played for China at the 1999 Asian Baseball Championship, 2005 Konami Cup Asia Series, 2005 Baseball World Cup, 2006 Asian Games, 2006 World Baseball Classic, 2009 World Baseball Classic, 2013 World Baseball Classic and 2017 World Baseball Classic.
  Title: 2017 World Baseball Classic – Pool C
  Passage: Pool C of the First Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at Marlins Park, Miami, Florida, United States, from March 9 to 12, 2017, between Canada, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and the United States.  Pool C was a round-robin tournament.  Each team played the other three teams once, with the top two teams – the Dominican Republic and the United States – advancing to Pool F, one of two second-round pools.  Manny Machado of the Dominican Republic was named MVP for the first-round Pool C bracket of the WBC, after batting .357.
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