PEORIA, Ariz. -- If there was any drama brewing between Cal Raleigh and Randy Arozarena at the World Baseball Classic, last year's AL MVP runner-up took steps to defuse it on Tuesday afternoon. "I hate that this is a thing,” Raleigh said via FaceTime with three Mariners beat reporters. “I

HOUSTON -- The "U-S-A!" chants were booming. The Mexico fans were deafening. And in the end, the U.S. was the better team in the most hyped game of the 2026 World Baseball Classic. In an electric atmosphere at Daikin Park on Monday night, Team USA defeated Mexico, 5-3, in a

Roman Anthony and Jarren Duran will share plenty of time in the Red Sox outfield this season. For now, they’re competing against each other for World Baseball Classic glory. In a key moment early in the United States-Mexico game on Monday, Mexico’s Duran committed a little Sox-on-Sox crime against the

HOUSTON -- The Team Mexico electric factory has arrived in full force -- and the showdown with Team USA is on. Mexico’s bats erupted in a 16-0, six-inning run-rule-shortened drubbing of Brazil in their second game of the World Baseball Classic on Sunday. The offense is firing on all cylinders

HOUSTON -- Team Mexico would like to shake off any memories of what happened the last time it played in the World Baseball Classic, if not erase them completely. On Friday, Mexico took one very big necessary first step toward creating a new narrative, topping Great Britain, 8-2, in game

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. -- Team Mexico came oh so close to facing Team USA in the World Baseball Classic final three years ago, getting walked off in the ninth inning of their semifinal matchup with Japan. The loss was devastating but their performance to that point in the tournament has had

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- When Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran left Spring Training to join Team Mexico for the 2023 World Baseball Classic, it was a decision that came with some confusion outside the walls of the Red Sox.

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- There are nameplates hanging above every locker in the Rangers clubhouse at their Spring Training facility. That much is normal. But as a special touch this spring, each nameplate also includes the flag of a player's country, in honor of the World Baseball Classic, set to start

Mexico’s run in the 2023 World Baseball Classic ended in a heartbreaking 6-5 loss to Japan in the semifinals, but the country made it clear that its club is a force to be reckoned with. For the first time in the tournament’s history, Mexico made it to the semifinals, picking

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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Veteran infielders Ramón Urías and Luis Urías are free agents. So they aren’t sure where they will be playing on Opening Day this year. But the brothers do know where they will be when the 2026 World Baseball Classic begins in March – playing as teammates on Team Mexico. It

It is impossible to pinpoint precisely where the first baseball game was played in Mexico. Despite a few cities claiming the honor and many efforts to find the exact place, not even historians themselves can agree. But analyzing many of the studies, three cities emerge as the closest to being

It's been nearly 70 years, but pitcher José "Pepe" Maiz García recalls his team's wondrous 1957 Little League World Series run like it was yesterday. It seems to be something that's just constantly replaying through his head. "Our coach Cesar Faz would always tell us, 'You have to have fun,'"

MIAMI -- Give Randy Arozarena a TV show. Heck, put him in charge of a movie studio and an entire streaming service. The Rays outfielder and Team Mexico superstar has a knack for shining when the lights are brightest. He certainly did that again when he robbed Kazuma Okamoto of

MIAMI -- Isaac Paredes' longest Major League home run measured 411 feet. What better way to top that – by one foot – than in a huge moment in the global spotlight? Paredes’ solo home run off Marcus Stroman in the second inning of Mexico’s 5-4 quarterfinals win against Puerto

MIAMI -- As Mexico outfielder Alex Verdugo sat at the press conference podium on Friday afternoon at loanDepot park, he summed up the action that was about to transpire between Mexico and Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic quarterfinal matchup later that evening. "Everybody's ready to go out there

After Japan’s 9-3 victory on Thursday, joining Cuba in the World Baseball Classic semifinals, the tournament now has only six teams left. On Friday night Mexico will play Puerto Rico in Miami for the right to play Japan on Monday, and then on Saturday the United States will square off

PHOENIX – Randy Arozarena is at it again. Mexico is headed to the 2023 World Baseball Classic quarterfinals, having claimed Pool C with a 10-3 victory over Canada on Wednesday afternoon at Chase Field. Arozarena, who delivered a postseason run for the ages with Tampa Bay in 2020, was once

PHOENIX -- When Mexico first put together its roster for the 2023 World Baseball Classic, Alexis Wilson was on it – as the bullpen catcher. After knocking in both runs of a 2-1 win over Great Britain on Tuesday night at Chase Field, Wilson’s name was still there – but

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Chase Field was packed on Sunday night for a raucous World Baseball Classic matchup between Team USA and Mexico. It was a decidedly pro-Team Mexico crowd that featured loud ovations and trumpets blaring as the team from south of the border piled on runs. Angels manager Phil

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Luis García was watching Nationals teammate Joey Meneses at the plate for Team Mexico in the World Baseball Classic on Sunday night when he had a strong feeling about what was going to happen.

PHOENIX -- Joey Meneses, a native son from Culiacan, redeemed Mexico's Classic hopes and launched it to a spirited 11-5 victory over the United States on Sunday night at Chase Field, swatting two building-shaking home runs.