When World Baseball Classic rosters were announced on Feb. 5, the headlines naturally gravitated towards the tournament’s biggest stars – rosters filled with MLB All-Stars, MVPs and Cy Young Award winners. But beneath those marquee names, a different kind of storyline emerged on Team Brazil. While Brazil’s roster does not

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

Below is a list of the players in every Major League organization who have been included on the rosters for the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Pitchers denoted with ^ are part of the Designated Pitcher Pool (DPP), a reserve of up to six pitchers per federation that can be called

The World Baseball Classic begins on Wednesday, March 4, at 10 p.m. ET in a game between Australia and Chinese Taipei. It will kick off a fortnight of absolute madness, with the best baseball players on the planet highly motivated by patriotism, pride and plain old competitiveness squaring off in

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When it comes to sports in Brazil, fans naturally gravitate toward the rich heritage of soccer. But baseball has been quietly building something of its own. Brazil’s silver medal run at the 2023 Pan American Games was a recent sign of that rise, and now the national team is ready

In preparation for next year's World Baseball Classic, the United States appointed Aaron Judge of the Yankees as captain. Then, a few days later, Francisco Lindor announced that he would be returning to play as Puerto Rico's captain. Bo Bichette, the Blue Jays shortstop and two time All-Star, now intends

This is an excerpt from the latest edition of Michael Clair's International Beat Newsletter, bringing global baseball news to your inbox every month. Sign up for future installments HERE and check out the full newsletter HERE. The World Baseball Classic Qualifiers have wrapped up, with Nicaragua, Chinese Taipei, Colombia and

After Nicaragua and Chinese Taipei booked their trips to the 2026 World Baseball Classic last week, only two spots remained. The first of those was decided when Colombia went 3-0 in the Tucson (Ariz.) Qualifiers and booked its ticket to next year's tournament. China was eliminated after finishing with an

TUCSON, Ariz. – Colombia is going back to the World Baseball Classic. The team entered the Tucson Qualifier as the clear favorite, the country’s roster bursting with talent even after big league players such as José Quintana and Donovan Solano couldn’t participate. All they did at the Kino Veterans Memorial

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Vitor Ito speaks Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish. Unfortunately, I only speak English. That meant that this time, the translator needed his own translator. "I'm being careful not to talk too much, so it will be easier for the interpreter to translate," Ito said, laughing, his Portuguese being

TUCSON, Ariz. – With Colombia having already qualified for the 2026 World Baseball Classic after sweeping its three games at the Tucson leg of this year’s qualifiers this week -- and China having been eliminated after losing all three of its contests – the second team to come out of

TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Brazilian national team isn't lacking in professional talent. Though there are no active Major Leaguers on the roster (former big leaguers Paulo Orlando and Andre Rienzo are on the coaching staff -- the first all-Brazilian coaching staff in the team's history), Angels prospect Lucas Ramirez --

Monday's World Baseball Classic Qualifiers featured a showdown of superstar baseball legacy vs. superstar tennis legacy -- and baseball won. Lucas Ramirez, the son of Red Sox legend Manny Ramirez, faced Jaden Agassi, the son of tennis Hall of Famers Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, during Brazil's game against Germany

Forty-seven students between the ages of 13-17 arrived in Ibiuna, a town of nearly 80,000 in the southeast part of Sao Paulo, to begin living their baseball dreams on Tuesday. Dressed in bright green or yellow uniforms, they were there for the launch of a new program spearheaded by Major

Although they were briefly together in the Blue Jays system in 2017, brothers Tim and Christian Lopes haven't played baseball on the same team since their high school days back in Southern California. Until, well, this week ... when they both joined up with Team Brazil in the World Baseball