After a two-year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Baseball Classic is back! Twenty national teams from around the world, featuring countless MLB stars, will compete over two weeks to become the undisputed world champions of baseball.
What is the World Baseball Classic?
The World Baseball Classic is essentially the world cup of baseball. It was created in 2006 after the International Olympic Committee removed baseball as an Olympic sport in 2005. Pool play in the WBC is competed in round-robin double-elimination style. The top two teams from each of four pools advance and play in what MLB.com calls"essentially an eight-team, single-elimination bracket."The WBC officially begins Wednesday, but the first game is at 11 p.m. ET Tuesday, when Cuba faces off with the Netherlands.There are four pools of five teams that will play one another in four different locations around the world.
The Dominican Republic won the 2013 WBC, also defeating Puerto Rico. Japan won the first two WBC tournaments in 2006 and 2009.• J.T. Realmuto, Philadelphia Phillies• Will Smith, Los Angeles Dodgers• Kyle Higashioka, New York Yankees• 1B Pete Alonso, New York Mets• 1B Paul Goldschmidt, St. Louis Cardinals• 2B Jeff McNeil, New York Mets• 3B Nolan Arenado, St. Louis Cardinals• SS Tim Anderson, Chicago White Sox• SS Trea Turner, Philadelphia Phillies• SS Bobby Witt Jr.
Team USA is managed by 15-year MLB veteran Mark DeRosa, who played for the U.S. in the 2009 WBC. He brought in Ken Griffey Jr. as hitting coach and Andy Pettitte as pitching coach.Even though spring training is in full swing, you can find MLB stars of today and yesterday on nearly every team in the WBC. Here are some of the highlights.
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