The 2026 World Baseball Classic final is upon us.

Team USA manager Mark DeRosa hinted a few days ago that a shipment of game-worn jerseys from the Olympic gold medal-winning USA men’s hockey team was on its way to his club. Sure enough, those hockey jerseys have arrived in Miami, just in time for Tuesday night’s World Baseball Classic

MIAMI -- The delicate balance between going for the gold and getting ready for the regular season impacted Team USA’s pitching plans for the World Baseball Classic final. And it will be fascinating to watch how manager Mark DeRosa and the Americans try to piece together the 27 outs that

The TV viewership for Sunday’s star-studded semifinal between the USA and the Dominican Republic at loanDepot park in Miami made World Baseball Classic history. An audience of 7.369 million viewers took in Team USA’s thrilling 2-1 win on FS1 and FOX Deportes. That makes it the most-watched WBC broadcast in

MIAMI – When Venezuela starter Keider Montero walked consecutive lefty batters in the second inning against Italy, manager Omar López knew he was going to have his work cut out for him in the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic on Monday night. “That,” he said, “was a red flag

At the conclusion of the highly anticipated 2026 World Baseball Classic final between Team USA and Venezuela on Tuesday night, raucous celebrations will take place, a trophy will be presented and this year’s Most Valuable Player will be named. Who will earn that crown? And what sort of signature moment

MIAMI -- "When we went to the World Series," Ronald Acuña Jr. said earlier this week, "I wasn't there. Thank God I'm living this great moment in my career." When the Atlanta Braves won the World Series in 2021, Acuña was reduced to spectator. A torn ACL had relegated the

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Another magical moment by Roman Anthony in the World Baseball Classic -- this one a go-ahead solo shot that led Team USA to a thrilling 2-1 victory over Team Dominican Republic in the semifinals on Sunday night -- left his teammates at Red Sox camp in

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Venezuela’s biggest fan in the World Baseball Classic will be back in his seats behind home plate on Tuesday night, cheering on his fellow countrymen in the championship game against the U.S. at loanDepot park in Miami (7 CT on FOX). Jose Altuve, the Astros’

GLENDALE, Ariz. – The World Baseball Classic ended in disappointment for Munetaka Murakami. His first day back with the White Sox went quite differently. “It was perfect,” Murakami said through a translator. “Just perfect.” Murakami was describing his first Cactus League home run, a fifth-inning solo shot against Athletics right-hander

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Adolis García is a big man with big power and an even bigger truck. “It’s like a monster truck,” he said recently. He wants to bring it all to Philly this summer.

MIAMI -- Outside, it was one of those relentless South Florida rains. But still, the hundreds of Venezuelan baseball fans who remained long after the last pitch of the World Baseball Classic semifinals had been thrown were in ecstasy. Thoroughly soaked but swept up in the moment, they sang, danced,

Before each game in the World Baseball Classic, Team Venezuela gathers in a circle in its dugout. As pitcher Eduard Bazardo pounds upon a special drum – known as el tambor – the players take turns jumping into and out of the circle to show off their moves. This isn’t

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Yankees ace Gerrit Cole will see his first Grapefruit League action of the spring on Wednesday, when he’s scheduled to start against the Red Sox at George M. Steinbrenner Field. The right-hander is slated to throw one inning in his first game action since undergoing Tommy

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Dodgers weren't expecting to welcome Shohei Ohtani back to the fold quite this soon. Ohtani, along with newly anointed Opening Day starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto, was away from Dodgers camp for most of Spring Training while playing for Samurai Japan in the World Baseball Classic. Japan had

MESA, Ariz. -- The fact that Seiya Suzuki was in a joking mood on Tuesday afternoon seemed to be as good a sign as any. A few days after the Cubs outfielder was forced to exit the World Baseball Classic with a right knee injury, and a day after limping

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- The friends and lockermates that used to surround Carson Benge are mostly gone. Those who once joined Benge on the clubhouse couches for chess matches or simple conversations -- A.J. Ewing, Nick Morabito, Jacob Reimer, Ryan Clifford and the like -- have all been reassigned

FORT MYERS, Fla. – It was almost a month ago Red Sox manager Alex Cora said that the baton was being passed to Marcelo Mayer, but that the fourth overall pick in the 2021 Draft would have to run with it if he wanted to make the team as the

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MIAMI -- When MLB instituted its current postseason format in 2022, there was no longer a need for coin flips or tiebreaker games, because a new, mathematical tiebreaker system was instituted. But lovers of the coin toss will be pleased to know it can still happen in the World Baseball

Several experimental rule changes are coming to Minor League Baseball ahead of the upcoming 2026 season. The new rules will be implemented in various ways across different levels of the Minors. They are designed to further improve the pace of play, increase action and provide additional opportunities for players to

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – On Monday, we brought you Part 1 of MLB.com’s one-on-one Q&A with Nationals manager Blake Butera, where he talked about growing up in a sports family. Today, we bring you Part 2. Learn more about Butera off the field, from fatherhood to cooking skills to

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. – There’s the old adage that if you look good, you play good. For Yankees catcher J.C. Escarra, it’s also about smelling good.