Major League Baseball’s 2023 Spring Training schedule includes 20 exhibition games featuring Major League Clubs competing with World Baseball Classic National Teams, World Baseball Classic Inc. announced today. Ten games with World Baseball Classic ties will be played in both the Cactus and Grapefruit Leagues across March 8th-9th, preceding the Saturday, March 11th start of 2023 World Baseball Classic tournament play in the Phoenix and Miami pools:
Arizona
Wednesday, March 8th
- Team USA @ the San Francisco Giants, Scottsdale
- Team Canada @ the Chicago Cubs, Mesa
- Team Great Britain @ the Milwaukee Brewers, Phoenix
- Team Colombia @ the Oakland Athletics, Mesa
- Team Mexico @ the Cleveland Guardians, Goodyear
Thursday, March 9th
- Team Mexico @ the Colorado Rockies, Scottsdale
- Team USA @ the Los Angeles Angels, Tempe
- Team Canada @ the Seattle Mariners, Peoria
- Team Colombia @ the Chicago White Sox, Glendale
- Team Great Britain @ the Kansas City Royals, Surprise
Florida
Wednesday, March 8th
- Team Puerto Rico @ the Boston Red Sox, Lee County (JetBlue Park)
- Team Venezuela @ the Houston Astros, West Palm Beach
- Team Dominican Republic @ the Atlanta Braves, North Port
- Team Israel @ the Miami Marlins, Jupiter
- Team Nicaragua @ the New York Mets, Port St. Lucie
Thursday, March 9th
- Team Puerto Rico @ the Tampa Bay Rays, Port Charlotte
- Team Venezuela @ the New York Mets, Port St. Lucie
- Team Dominican Republic @ the Minnesota Twins, Lee County (Hammond)
- Team Israel @ the Washington Nationals, West Palm Beach
- Team Nicaragua @ the St. Louis Cardinals, Jupiter
National Teams will hold their training camps at the following Major League complexes:
Arizona
- Team USA: at the San Francisco Giants, Scottsdale
- Team Canada: at the Chicago Cubs, Mesa
- Team Great Britain: at the Milwaukee Brewers, Phoenix
- Team Colombia: at the Oakland Athletics, Mesa
- Team Mexico: at the Arizona Diamondbacks, Scottsdale
Florida
- Team Dominican Republic: at the Minnesota Twins, Lee County (Hammond)
- Team Israel: at the Miami Marlins, Jupiter
- Team Puerto Rico: at the Boston Red Sox, Lee County (JetBlue Park)
- Team Venezuela: at the Houston Astros, West Palm Beach
- Team Nicaragua: at MLB’s Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach
About World Baseball Classic, Inc.
World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI) is a company created at the direction of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) to operate the World Baseball Classic tournament. The tournament, which is sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), is supported by MLB, the MLBPA, Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), their respective players associations and other leagues and players from around the world.
About the World Baseball Classic
The World Baseball Classic is the premier international baseball tournament, sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), as the sport’s official National Team World Championship, and features the best players in the world competing for their home countries and territories. More than 3.4 million fans from all over the world have attended the tournament games, held in March 2006, March 2009, March 2013 and March 2017. Team USA is the reigning World Baseball Classic Champion after beating runner-up Puerto Rico during its 2017 championship run. The upcoming World Baseball Classic will be played in March 2023 and will again feature the greatest baseball-playing nations in the world.
About the World Baseball Softball Confederation
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is the global governing body for the sports of baseball and softball resulting from the merger of the International Baseball Federation and International Softball Federation in 2013. WBSC governs all international competitions, including Premier12, World Baseball Classic and the Baseball World Cups, which involve any of the National Teams of its 208 National Federation members in 141 countries and territories worldwide. For more information, visit www.wbsc.co.