The biggest event in global baseball is fast approaching. And with the tournament just one month away, the rosters for the 20 teams competing for the title of the world's greatest are set to be announced on MLB Network on Thursday night. Fans who want to see the Roster Reveal

Ten years ago, Jazz Chisholm Jr. – then just an 18-year-old playing his first summer in the Minor Leagues – pulled on a Great Britain jersey for the World Baseball Classic Qualifiers held in Brooklyn. Despite his youth, Chisholm more than held his own, going 4-for-16 with a double and

With a roster almost entirely homegrown and with players having day jobs ranging from firefighter to teacher to electrician (even the manager, Pavel Chadim, is a noted neurologist in Brno), Czechia became fan favorites at the 2023 World Baseball Classic. Despite having just one Major Leaguer on its roster --

The fan favorite Czechia -- a team consisting almost entirely of amateur players born and developed in the Czech Republic -- has a new Major Leaguer joining the team for the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Though second baseman Eric Sogard will have to miss the tournament due to injury (his

With 113 wins across 14 big league seasons, Jose Quintana sits atop the list of Major League wins for a Colombian-born pitcher. Now, the veteran left-hander, who is currently a free agent, is back to represent the national team as its captain in March's World Baseball Classic. The Federacion Colombiana

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Team USA general manager Michael Hill wanted his roster to make a statement, one that affirmed the USA Baseball team as the best in the world. The lineup is filled with stars and the rotation is crammed with aces. Now, with only a handful of spots on the 30-man team

Shohei Ohtani is getting some company. On Friday morning in Japan, the national team announced the next 11 players who are set to join the Dodgers superstar in the World Baseball Classic. Leading the way is veteran starter Tomoyuki Sugano, currently a free agent after spending the 2025 season with

Team USA has put together a strong rotation thus far, but what about the bullpen? On Wednesday, USA Baseball announced the additions of left-hander Gabe Speier of the Mariners and right-hander Griffin Jax of the Rays.

The Dutch baseball community is in mourning this week as legendary Netherlands national team catcher and coach Sidney de Jong passed away unexpectedly at the age of 46. de Jong, who represented the national team 200 times during his playing career, was a crucial player and captain for some of

As we come upon the end of the year and begin to look back at the incredible Major League season, we find ourselves staring at a … fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man or even the scorekeeper. This dimension, as vast as the Rockies outfield and as

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Dusty Baker's got his slugger! On Friday afternoon, Nicaragua announced that Mark Vientos, the Mets' power-hitting third baseman, intends to play for the team at the upcoming World Baseball Classic this March. Originally born in Norwalk, Conn., Vientos is eligible for the national team through his mother, Katy Wilmore, who

The World Baseball Classic may not begin until March, but you could be forgiven for thinking that it all kicked off in December. On Tuesday, managers, general managers, and team officials for all 20 teams participating in next year's tournament gathered at the Signia by Hilton Orlando for the 2026

Eight years ago, A's two-way prospect Shotaro Morii was just a 10-year-old student with a dream of playing baseball. That year, he arrived to Japan's MLB Cup, a tournament featuring over 1,700 fourth- and fifth-grade ballplayers, where he and his team eventually won it all.

As you sit down to your Thanksgiving turkey this year and are about to carve that sucker up, just remember this: You could have dealt a professional ballplayer in exchange for your feast. At least, you could have if this was 1931 and your baseball team was owned by Joe

When the news broke that Seibu Lions ace Tatsuya Imai was posted, many Major League fans had one question: Would he also want to join the Dodgers? After all, not only is Los Angeles arguably the closest flight back to Japan, but he'd be able to join fellow countrymen Yoshinobu

Venezuela came a Trea Turner grand slam away from reaching the semifinals in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. They can thank their catcher, Royals veteran Salvador Perez for that. In '23, Perez slashed .429/.467/.929 with a home run, four doubles, and six RBIs -- five of which came in a

When the first name was called at the inaugural Women’s Pro Baseball League draft on Thursday night, there was little surprise: When it comes to the world of women’s baseball, Kelsie Whitmore stands out as a giant. “Kelsie worked her whole life for this moment,” said WPBL co-founder Justine Siegal,

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"I know that I could go everywhere I wanted to in Japan and never see another scout," Ted Heid, the longtime Mariners Pacific Rim scout who helped the team land Ichiro Suzuki, told MLB.com recently. "It was easy to see somebody who was not Japanese in the crowd behind home

When the Twins beat the Blue Jays in Game 1 of the 2023 AL Wild Card Series, it ended an MLB-record 18-game playoff losing streak that extended back to 2004. That wasn’t just the longest playoff losing streak in the Majors -- it was the longest streak in all four

For the 27th time in 38 European Baseball Championships -- the biggest national baseball team event in Europe that is held biennially -- it came down to the two European superpowers: The Netherlands and Italy. The Netherlands reasserted their spot atop the continent's hierarchy with a tight, 6-5 victory over

Pat Borders was known for being tough. A two-time World Series winner and the 1992 World Series MVP, with over 1,000 games behind the dish, would have to be. His manager with the Blue Jays, Cito Gaston, gave him the highest of compliments when he said that Borders was “someone

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