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Unbeaten DR thumps Israel to clinch spot in quarterfinals

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MIAMI -- Fernando Tatis Jr. spent the first two games of the World Baseball Classic setting the table for his teammates. Monday, he decided to eat. Tatis hit the first grand slam by a Dominican Republic player in Classic history, setting a team record with six RBIs to lead the

Tatis punctuates DR's first Classic grand slam with a beautiful bat flip

3:01 PM EDT

Fernando Tatis Jr. isn't playing for Slam Diego right now, but he brought a little of it with him to Team Dominican Republic's 10-1 win over Israel on Monday afternoon. The Padres superstar launched a no-doubt grand slam in the second inning, the first in Dominican Republic's World Baseball Classic

Warning track power twice for Soto? That'll earn you some dugout pushups

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The Dominican Republic team has been a slugging juggernaut so far this World Baseball Classic, with a tournament-high nine home runs. Juan Soto has one of those, a run rule game-ender, and during Monday's breezy 10-1 victory over Israel he made a bid for two more. Both of them came

Korea moves on to quarters with every run needed to settle 3-way tiebreaker

11:49 AM EDT

TOKYO -- Korea began its week celebrating home runs by spreading their arms wide as if they were on an airplane, carrying an inflatable "M" to stand for Miami. On Monday night, needing a win against Australia and for everything to go exactly right, it made it happen. Forget the

A rivalry renewed as Mexico, U.S. set for electric matchup of unbeatens (8 p.m. ET, FOX)

12:58 AM EDT

HOUSTON -- It's time for the game we've all been waiting for in Pool B of the World Baseball Classic: USA-Mexico. The two baseball heavyweight nations are set to face off on Monday night at Daikin Park (8 p.m. ET, FOX) in what might be the most hyped game in

Bill White to receive Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award in Cooperstown

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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s Board of Directors has selected Bill White as the 2026 recipient of the John Jordan “Buck” O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to an individual for extraordinary efforts to enhance baseball’s positive impact on society. White, 92, will be honored with the Award

Elimination scenarios for the World Baseball Classic 

@jared_greenspan
42 minutes ago

Four teams have advanced out of pool play at the 2026 World Baseball Classic, leaving four spots in the next round up for grabs. Samurai Japan clinched the top spot in Pool C with a narrow victory over Australia on Sunday, while Korea secured the second seed in that pool

1 position battle still undecided for each team

March 8, 2026

There's so much on the line every Spring Training as all 30 MLB teams work to finalize their rosters for Opening Day. While some positions are set long before the season begins, each club is still trying to nail down at least one key aspect of its roster -- and

Colombia hits just enough to end Classic with win over Panama

@jared_greenspan
3:24 PM EDT

Through the first three games of World Baseball Classic play, Colombia was desperate for a big hit. In their fourth and final game of this year’s tournament, Reynaldo Rodriguez supplied one.

Quarterfinals clinch on the line in Cuba-Puerto Rico clash (7 p.m. ET, FS1)

11:38 AM EDT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Two historically great international baseball nations. One World Baseball Classic game to rule them all. Cuba vs. Puerto Rico. The legendary names of Orlando Hernandez, Luis Tiant and Alexei Ramirez (oh, he’s still on the team?) against Carlos Delgado, Ivan Rodriguez and Edgar Martinez. Who

Czechia's viral electrical worker 'Jedi' who K'd Ohtani bids farewell to Classic

12:42 PM EDT

TOKYO -- One pitch changed Ondřej Satoria’s life -- and he thought it was a mistake. Facing Shohei Ohtani in the Tokyo Dome three years ago, Satoria -- an electrical controller at ČEZ Group in Ostrava, a city on the border of Poland – threw his changeup, which he calls

With clinch secured, Venezuela faces Nicaragua still seeking top seed (7 ET, FS2)

2:57 PM EDT

MIAMI -- Nicaragua may have been the first team in Pool D eliminated from the possibility of advancing, but manager Dusty Baker isn’t approaching Monday night’s game against Venezuela any differently than he would if his team was fighting for a spot in the quarterfinals. “I've been on first-place teams

Great Britain concludes its '26 Classic run with win over Brazil

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HOUSTON -- Great Britain and Brazil had both been eliminated from contention at the 2026 World Baseball Classic before they took the field on Monday afternoon at Daikin Park. But this game still carried a lot of weight for baseball in both counties. Great Britain's 8-1 win in its Pool

Lucchesi reunites with Giants on Minor League deal (report)

@ByJasonFoster
1:15 PM EDT

Left-hander Joey Lucchesi is headed back to the Giants on a Minor League deal with an invite to big league Spring Training, MLB Network insider Jon Heyman reported Monday. The team has not confirmed the news.

This prospect is turning heads in spring while managing challenges of diabetes

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- It was his sophomore year at Sam Houston State when catcher Walker Janek began to rapidly lose weight. He dropped about 25 pounds in a month and knew immediately something wasn’t right with his body. So what does any college student with a problem do?

'No ... let me hit': Soto calls game with HR to seal DR's run-rule romp

March 8, 2026

MIAMI -- A small band marched through the concourse at loanDepot park shortly before Sunday’s game, working the Dominican Republic fans into a lather before the first pitch was even thrown. The party didn’t stop for more than two hours, as the D.R. lineup kept the drummers busy all afternoon,

Crew's top prospect returns to Minors after impressing in 1st big league spring

3:34 PM EDT

PHOENIX -- Spring Training formally begins for Brewers Minor Leaguers on Tuesday, so it was time for the organization’s top prospect to bid farewell to big league camp and begin preparing for the regular season. The Brewers returned 18-year-old Jesús Made to Minor League camp amid a flurry of roster

This World Baseball Classic pitcher may be baseball's biggest Taylor Swift fan

4:28 AM EDT

TOKYO -- Baseball has taken Todd Van Steensel around the world. He's pitched in the Minors for the Phillies and Twins, played for Kinheim in Holland's Honkbal Hoofdklasse, Guadalajara in the Mexican League (for current Mexican national team manager Benji Gil), the Tigres de Aragua in Venezuela's Winter League and

To Toboni, the Nats' future is bright -- and not worth compromising

1:35 PM EDT

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Rebuilding a Major League team takes time. We often hear about so-called “five-year plans” when a club embarks on such a project, but just how soon a team can contend after tearing things down to the studs is an inexact science. Paul Toboni, who took

Mexico mashes 4 homers in run-rule rout, setting up showdown vs. U.S.

12:12 AM EDT

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

Cuba keeps crushing, rolls into game vs. fellow unbeaten Puerto Rico

March 8, 2026

Rumors about Cuba losing its swagger on the international baseball scene may, in fact, have been greatly exaggerated. The global hardball titans won again on Sunday afternoon, beating Colombia, 7-4, and moving them to 2-0 in World Baseball Classic’s Pool A while eliminating Colombia (0-3) from advancing to the knockout

With Song's status for Opening Day in doubt, Padres assessing options

2:38 PM EDT

PEORIA, Ariz. -- Before he exited a game last week with tightness in his right oblique, Sung-Mun Song was in the process of showing precisely why the Padres are so excited about his arrival.

Espressos flow once more in big win for Italy to improve to 2-0

March 8, 2026

HOUSTON -- Make it a double espresso for Team Italy this time. Italy smacked back-to-back home runs to spark its 7-4 win over Great Britain in Sunday's World Baseball Classic matchup at Daikin Park -- the first by Brewers No. 6 prospect Andrew Fischer in his first WBC at-bat, the