Baseball's premier international tournament is back. Twenty teams from all over the globe are set to vie for supremacy at the 2026 World Baseball Classic, starting Wednesday night ET. In the end, only one will stand tall. How will it all play out? We put it to a vote, asking

Get ready to dive into World Baseball Classic pool play. The 2026 tournament, which gets underway this week, features four pools: A, B, C and D. Each of those pools consists of five teams battling it out in a round-robin format. The top two teams from each pool then advance

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- In the run-up to the World Baseball Classic, Team USA is taking cues from the most decorated athlete in Olympic history: 23-time gold medalist Michael Phelps. The legendary swimmer was invited to attend Team USA’s group dinner on Monday night and shared an inspiring speech that resonated

SANTO DOMINGO – The atmosphere at Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium on Tuesday night was not typical of Dominican Winter League games, even though many names in the home team's lineup had played on this field in the past. The sparkle of the country's beloved team dazzled the more than 10,000

The FOX Sports family of networks (FOX, FS1, FS2, FOX Deportes), the FOX Sports App and Tubi will combine to air all 47 games of the 2026 World Baseball Classic in the United States, and all matchups will be available to stream live and on-demand on FOX One. Additionally, 41

Many players in Spring Training can rest easy knowing that they will be on their team's active roster come Opening Day. They just want to stay healthy and gear up for the grind of a 162-game season. But for many others, nothing is guaranteed. Every at-bat, every inning pitched in

MESA, Ariz. -- Vinnie Pasquantino has jokingly reminded his grandfather, Denny, that he has been playing games regularly for the Royals this Spring Training. Old news. His grandpa wants to hear all about Team Italy and the World Baseball Classic. “My grandfather won’t shut up asking me about Italy,” Pasquantino

NORTH PORT, Fla. -- Jurickson Profar, who was suspended for half of his first season with the Braves after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug, has tested positive again. Profar was suspended for 162 games by Major League Baseball on Tuesday for being in violation of MLB's Joint Drug Prevention

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Twenty years ago, Team Cuba beat Team Puerto Rico at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to advance to the first World Baseball Classic championship round in San Diego. There, they beat the Dominican Republic in the semifinals before falling to Japan in the final.

TAMPA, Fla. – As someone who has spent lots of time facing simulated pitchers on the Yankees’ Trajekt machine, Giancarlo Stanton appreciates the technology of being able to load up any arsenal in the league with a few taps. There’s still no substitute for the real thing.

Tuesday provided one of the most wholesome moments at this year’s Spring Training so far. During the Blue Jays-Team Canada exhibition game at Dunedin’s TD Ballpark, a foul ball to the bleachers down the left-field line sent a Tigers fan over his seats in an attempt to catch it. After

Prospect ranking season never ends around these parts. MLB Pipeline released its Top 100 Prospects list and positional Top 10 lists in January, and our team Top 30 Prospects lists are rolling out this week. The release kicked off with the American League and National League East teams on Monday,

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- It’s the old fall down and challenge play. Oldest trick in the book. Or, as Twins right-hander Andrew Morris said, “it’s one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen.” Minnesota catcher Ryan Jeffers caught a pitch from Morris on a double steal, tumbled to the ground,

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The Dodgers saw two versions of Roki Sasaki take the mound on Tuesday afternoon. One faced five hitters without recording an out. The other set down six hitters in order. The former resembled the Sasaki who struggled in the rotation last season, while the latter seemed much

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- There probably isn’t a team in the World Baseball Classic with more to prove than Venezuela, which has never played in a championship game and lost to the United States in the quarterfinals three years ago after going 4-0 in pool play. While the U.S.,

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Just as Bryce Harper predicted last month, Aaron Judge hit behind him on Tuesday in Team USA’s exhibition against the Giants in Arizona. Judge could hit behind Harper throughout the World Baseball Classic, which should be fun to watch. It’s still unclear who will hit behind Harper

The ABS system is still a work in progress for players this spring as MLB prepares to use it for the first time in the regular season. It’s even more complicated for those participating in both World Baseball Classic and Spring Training games.

MESA, Ariz. -- Soccer is essentially the national sport of Brazil, a country that has produced five FIFA World Cup titles and true icons of the game from Pelé to Ronaldinho to Neymar.

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- If you thought JetBlue Park was full of prideful noise for Team Puerto Rico for Tuesday night’s 5-3 win over the Red Sox, wait until the squad gets to San Juan’s Hiram Bithorn Stadium. The vuvuzelas that were ever-present at a venue that is two hours

PHOENIX -- Leave it to Great Britain to bring a touch of refinement to the World Baseball Classic. While other nations may be content with a team photographer, the Brits are traveling with a team artist. Andy Brown has made a career of painting the game of baseball after falling

One big difference at Spring Training this year is that full Statcast tracking is now available at every ballpark, which means we get a ton more data on all the players around the league. And there are already plenty of players who stand out -- hitters and pitchers, stars and

SARASOTA, Fla. -- In the late 1990s and throughout the 2000s, many young baseball players would be in their backyard imitating catches made by Andruw Jones, a premier MLB center fielder at the time. His popularity was even greater in the ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao), as Jones made

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – Mark Vientos, Jeter Downs and Freddy Zamora grew up together in the Miami area, playing with and against each other during their travel ball days. Nearly two decades after they first met, the trio is back together, comprising three-fourths of the starting infield for Team