Men's Baseball WBSC World Baseball Classic 2026

[Quaker2001 291]

8 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

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

It's a good start, but at most he's only pitching a handful of innings.  I'm hoping him being on the team compels some other big name pitchers to play and hopefully it's better than last time where American pitchers simply don't view the tournament as a priority and would rather spend that time in spring training getting ready for the season

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5 minutes ago, Quaker2001 said:

It's a good start, but at most he's only pitching a handful of innings.  I'm hoping him being on the team compels some other big name pitchers to play and hopefully it's better than last time where American pitchers simply don't view the tournament as a priority and would rather spend that time in spring training getting ready for the season

Max Fried has already called himself out, just to say

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3 minutes ago, phelps said:

Max Fried has already called himself out, just to say

Saw that one.  Would love for them to get Skubal, but I'm worried that his situation with the Tigers where they might trade him (but probably not) would prevent that from happening.

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On 12/10/2025 at 7:48 AM, Quaker2001 said:

It's a good start, but at most he's only pitching a handful of innings.  I'm hoping him being on the team compels some other big name pitchers to play and hopefully it's better than last time where American pitchers simply don't view the tournament as a priority and would rather spend that time in spring training getting ready for the season

It looks like you guys will be juuuuust fine.

 

Tarik Skubal, Logan Webb, Joe Ryan and Nolan McLean all committed within the last couple of days.

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16 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

It looks like you guys will be juuuuust fine.

 

Tarik Skubal, Logan Webb, Joe Ryan and Nolan McLean all committed within the last couple of days.

Oh yea.  Seemed like they were starting to get some less than elite pitchers, but the commits they've had in the last 12 hours have been stellar.  Now the staff feels like an embarrassment of riches.  They have 3 elite starters and a bunch of guys that can eat innings.  Thrilled what Mark DeRosa has been able to put together.

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Aaron Nola, Adam Ottavino and Kyle Teel officially committed to play for  at the upcoming WBC 

 

if he's healthy and in good shape, Nola is a really great addition to the team (the mound still being the weak link, though)

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All of the final rosters will be unveiled next Thursday (February 5th) on MLB Network starting at 19:00 EST

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 TEAM JAPAN 

 

 

Pitchers:

Daichi Ishii (Hanshin Tigers, NPB, )

Hiromi Itoh (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, NPB, )

Yusei Kikuchi (Los Angeles Angels, MLB, )

Koki Kitayama (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, NPB, )

Yuki Matsui (San Diego Padres, MLB, )

Yuki Matsumoto (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, NPB, )

Hiroya Miyagi (Orix Buffaloes, NPB, )

Shohei Ohtani (Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, )

Taisei Ota (Yomiuri Giants, NPB, )

Ryuhei Sotani (Orix Buffaloes, NPB, )

Tomoyuki Sugano (Unattached, )

Kaima Taira (Saitama Seibu Lions, NPB, )

Hiroto Takahashi (Chunichi Dragons, NPB, )

Atsuki Taneichi (Chiba Lotte Marines, NPB, )

Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, )

 

Catchers:

Yuhei Nakamura (Tokyo Yakult Swallows, NPB, )

Seishiro Sakamoto (Hanshin Tigers, NPB, )

Kenya Wakatsuki (Orix Buffaloes, NPB, )

 

Infielders:

Sosuke Genda (Saitama Seibu Lions, NPB, )

Kaito Kozono (Hiroshima Toyo Carp, NPB, )

Shugo Maki (Yokohama DeNA Bay Stars, NPB, )

Taisei Makihara (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, NPB, )

Munetaka Murakami (Chicago White Sox, MLB, )

Kazuma Okamoto (Toronto Blue Jays, MLB, )

Teruaki Sato (Hanshin Tigers, NPB, )

 

Outfielders:

Kensuke Kondoh (Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, NPB, )

Shota Morishita (Hanshin Tigers, NPB, )

Ukyo Shuto (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, NPB, )

Seiya Suzuki (Chicago Cubs, MLB, )

Masataka Yoshida (Boston Red Sox, MLB, )