Men's Baseball WBSC World Baseball Classic 2026

[Topicmaster1010 5,408]

Scores from March 3rd:

 

 9-7

 8-1

 

Standings:

1.  Colombia: 2-0

2.  Brazil: 1-1

3.  Germany: 1-1

4.  China: 0-2

[JoshMartini007 2,767]

I guess China is mostly out of baseball

[Topicmaster1010 5,408]

1 hour ago, JoshMartini007 said:

I guess China is mostly out of baseball

They got lucky that the 2023 tournament expanded to 20 teams and they auto qualified. They were already at least a tier below every other team in 2017. It's about time some other team took their place.

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Scores from March 4th:

 

 2-12

 0-10

 

Both games ended after 7 innings due to mercy rule.

 

Colombia officially qualified. They dominated the qualification outscoring their opponents 23-1

 

 China was clearly outclassed in this qualifier being outscored 5-32 and being mercy ruled twice.

 

 Brazil and  Germany will play a match on Thursday to determine the final qualifier to the 2026 WBC.

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 Brazil qualified. Their first time in the WBC since 2013.

 

The field of 20 is officially set:

 

•  Australia
•  Brazil
•  Canada
•  Colombia
•  Cuba
•  Czech Republic
•  Dominican Republic
•  Great Britain
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Japan
•  Korea
•  Mexico
•  Netherlands
•  Nicaragua
•  Panama
•  Puerto Rico
•  Taiwan
•  United States
•  Venezuela

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Final Pools have been announced.

 

 Colombia -> Pool A

 Brazil -> Pool B

 Taiwan -> Pool C

 Nicaragua -> Pool D

[JoshMartini007 2,767]

I know they want to minimize travel, but I really wish they would mix the Americas and Asia countries. I want to see them compete against each other.

[Topicmaster1010 5,408]

A lot of news from today

 

World Baseball Classic rosters grow at MLB Winter Meetings

[Quaker2001 262]

42 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

A lot of news from today

 

World Baseball Classic rosters grow at MLB Winter Meetings

US team still needs some pitching, but their lineup should be killer, especially with the depth now at Shortstop and Catcher

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1 hour ago, Quaker2001 said:

US team still needs some pitching, but their lineup should be killer, especially with the depth now at Shortstop and Catcher

At least you guys have Skenes who is by far the best American pitcher to have committed in the tournament's history.