Question: What nationality was the player named MVP in 2017 World Baseball Classic – Pool C ?

Context articles: Wang Xiaotian
Sebastián Valle
2017 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 4
Chen Kun (baseball)
Manny Machado
Israel at the World Baseball Classic
2017 World Baseball Classic – Qualification
2017 World Baseball Classic – Pool C
Miguel Lahera
Chu Fujia

Zhang Xiaotian (; born 26 August 1988 in China) is a Chinese baseball infielder.
 He was a member of the China national baseball team competing in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.
 He was a coach for the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
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.
Qualifier 4 of the Qualifying Round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic was held at MCU Park, Brooklyn, New York, United States from September 22 to 25, 2016.
 It was won by Team Israel, which will next play in the World Baseball Classic in March 2017.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Miguel Lahera Betancourt (born January 24, 1985) is a Cuban baseball player for the Trois-Rivières Aigles of the Can-Am League.
 He was part of the Cuban national baseball team which won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also competed for the Cuban national team in the 2008 Haarlem Baseball Week, 2009 World Port Tournament, 2009 World Baseball Classic, 2011 Pan American Games and 2017 World Baseball Classic.
Chu Fujia (; born 10 September 1989 in Jiangsu, China) is a Chinese baseball infielder for the Jiangsu Hopestars.
 He was a member of the China national baseball team competing in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, 2013 World Baseball Classic, 2012 Asia Series, 2012 Asian Baseball Championship, 2015 Asian Baseball Championship, 2013 East Asian Games, 2014 Asian Games and 2017 World Baseball Classic.