As usual, Pool B host Japan is one of the strongest teams at the WBC – and theonly team to have won the title twice. In addition to five Major Leaguers on its 2023 roster, the remainder of the Japanese team plays in its domestic Nippon Professional Baseball League, and includes players...
Roster breakdown > Jose Altuve, Salvador Perez and Miguel Cabrera -- one of the few players to appear in every World Baseball Classic -- are set to return, while Luis Arraez, David Peralta and Anthony Santander are joining for the first time. Pitching may even be the team’s strength, wi...
• Complete World Baseball Classic coverage Feb 11, 2023 · 5:59 Jon Morosi on Team USA roster Catchers: Kyle Higashioka (Yankees), J.T. Realmuto (Phillies), Will Smith (Dodgers) Realmuto, a three-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove winner, fronts this backstop group. All three...
Team China has finalized its roster for the 2023 World Baseball Classic. Managed by Dean Leroy, China will be competing in Pool B against Australia, Japan, Korea and the Czech Republic. Team China failed to advance past the Pool stage of the 2017 World Baseball Classic, after going 0-3 in...
The United States, winners of the 2017 tournaments, are among the favorites, with a roster featuring 21 All-Stars and four MVPs. United States 2023 World Baseball Classic Roster Catchers: Kyle Higashioka (Yankees), J.T. Realmuto (Phillies), Will Smith (Dodgers) Infielders: Pete Alonso (...
Texas Rangers’ Adolis Garcia grabs his left side after his swing during the eighth inning in Game 3 of the baseball World Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) 2 of 4 | Texas Rangers starting pitcher Max Scherzer le...
New Zealandis one of the fastest growing sources of baseball talent in the world (seriously!) and now hosts an Australian Baseball League team. Their roster includes three players currently under minor league contract: pitcher Elliot Johnstone plus infielders Jason Matthews, and Nikau Pouaka-Grego....
Despite retiring in 2019, Kinsler would play for Team Israel in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics after he earned his Israeli citizenship the year prior. Now, Kinsler will coach the Israel team at the 2023 World Baseball Classic. “I was very excited when I was asked to manage Team Israel at ...
Philadelphia Phillies (+3000):Over the final four months of last season, the Phillies played .589 baseball, and is their roster really any worse off than it was last year? Trea Turner and Bryce Harper are bound to improve and this staff still has its one-two punch of ac...
They talked baseball over dinner, and along the way, Smith told Bochy that if he ever became a general manager and had the chance to hire a manager, he would hire Bochy. Smith eventually moved on to the Colorado Rockies, in advance of the expansion draft, but early in the 1993 season,...