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TEAM COLOMBIA Manager: Jolbert Cabrera Pitchers: Elkin Alcala (El Aguila de Veracruz, LMB, ) Adrian Almeida (Piratas de Campeche, LMB, ) Danis Correa (Chicago Cubs, MLB, ) Nabil Crismatt (San Diego Padres, MLB, ) William Cuevas (Diablos Rojos del Mexico, LMB, ) Rubén Galindo (Lake Elsinore Storm - SD A, CAL, ) Pedro García (Louisville Bats - CIN AAA, IL, ) Río Gómez (Portland Sea Dogs - BOS AA, EL, ) Yapson Gómez (El Aguila de Veracruz, LMB, ) Jasier Herrera (Tiburones de La Guaira, LVBP, ) José Quintana (New York Mets, MLB, ) Jhon Romero (Unattached, ) Reiver Sanmartín (Cincinnati Reds, MLB, ) Jose Torres (Algodoneros de Unión Laguna, LMB, ) Guillermo Zúñiga (St. Louis Cardinals, MLB, ) Catchers: Jorge Alfaro (Tigres del Licey, LIDOM, ) Gustavo Campero (Rocket City Trash Pandas - LAA AA, SL, ) Elias Diaz (Colorado Rockies, MLB, ) Meibrys Viloria (Columbus Clippers - CLE AAA, IL, ) Infielders: Jordan Díaz (Oakland Athletics, MLB, ) Dayan Frias (Akron RubberDucks - CLE AA, EL, ) Evan Mendoza (El Paso Chihuahuas - SD AAA, PCL, ) Fabian Pertuz (South Bend Cubs - CHC A+, ML, ) Adrian Sánchez (Tigres de Cartagena, LPB, ) Donovan Solano (Unattached, ) Gio Urshela (Los Angeles Angels, MLB, ) Outfielders: Jesus Marriaga (Tigres de Cartagena, LPB, ) Oscar Mercado (Memphis Redbirds - STL AAA, IL, ) Tito Polo (Harrisburg Senators - WAS AA, EL, ) Harold Ramírez (Tampa Bay Rays, MLB, )

TEAM CZECH REPUBLIC Manager: Pavel Chadim Pitchers: Jeff Barto (Trebic Nuclears, Extraliga, ) Filip Čapka (Draci Brno, Extraliga, ) Tomáš Duffek (Eagles Praha, Extraliga, ) Lukáš Ercoli (Hroši Brno, Extraliga, ) Lukáš Hlouch (Hroši Brno, Extraliga, ) Michal Kovala (Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, NCAA, ) David Mergans (Draci Brno, Extraliga, ) Marek Minařik (Tempo Praha, Extraliga, ) Jan Novák (Sokol Hluboká, Extraliga, ) Dan Padyšák (Charleston Southern Buccaneers, NCAA, ) Ondřej Satoria (Arrows Ostrava, Extraliga, ) Jan Tomek (Regensburg Legionaire, Bundesliga, ) Boris Večerka (Hroši Brno, Extraliga, ) Catchers: Martin Červenka (Eagles Praha, Extraliga, ) Dan Vavruša (Heidenheim Heidekoepfe, Bundesliga, ) Infielders: Willie Escala (Sussex County Miners, Frontier League, ) Jakub Grepl (Arrows Ostrava, Extraliga, ) Jakub Hajtmar (Draci Brno, Extraliga, ) Jakub Kubica (Arrows Ostrava, Extraliga, ) Vojtěch Menšik (Hrosi Brno, ) Martin Mužik (Sokol Hluboká, Extraliga, ) Milan Prokop (Draci Brno, Extraliga, ) Eric Sogard (Unattached, ) Petr Zýma (Eagles Praha, Extraliga, ) Outfielders: Marek Chlup (NGU Crusaders, NCAA, ) Arnošt Dubový (Draci Brno, Extraliga, ) Marek Krejčiřik (Hroši Brno, Extraliga, ) Matej Menšik (Technika Brno, Extraliga, ) Filip Smola (Tempo Praha, Extraliga, ) Pitcher/Hitter: Martin Schneider (Draci Brno, Extraliga, )

TEAM NICARAGUA Manager: Marvin Benard Pitchers: Joaquin Acuña (Tiburones de La Guaira, LVBP, ) Leo Crawford (Gigantes de Rivas, LBPN, ) Fidencio Flores (Bravos de Margarita, LVBP, ) Kevin Gadea (Binghampton Rumble Ponies - NYM AA, EL, ) Osman Gutierrez (Tiburones de La Guaira, LVBP, ) Duque Hebbert (Tren del Norte, LBPN, ) Jonathan Loáisiga (New York Yankees, MLB, ) Ronald Medrano (Gigantes de Rivas, LBPN, ) Erasmo Ramirez (Washington Nationals, MLB, ) JC Ramirez (Leones del Caracas, LVBP, ) Roniel Raudes (Navegantes del Magallanes, LVBP, ) Carlos Rodriguez (Wisconsin Timber Rattlers - MIL A+, MID, ) Carlos Teller (Caribes de Anzoategui, LVBP, ) Junior Téllez (Leones de Léon, LBPN, ) Rodney Theophile (Wilmington Blue Rocks - WAS A+, SAL, ) Catchers: Rodolfo Bone (Tren del Norte, LBPN, ) Melvin Novoa (Indios del Bóer, LBPN, ) Infielders: Benjamin Alegria (Leones de Léon, LBPN, ) Alex Blandino (Unattached, ) Cheslor Cuthbert (Gigantes de Rivas, LBPN, ) Brandon Leyton (Louisville Bats - CIN AAA, IL, ) Iván Marín (Gigantes de Rivas, LBPN, ) Elian Miranda (Tren del Norte, LBPN, ) Milkar Perez (ACL Mariners - SEA ROK, ACL, ) Willie Vasquez (GIgantes de Rivas, LBPN, ) Outfielders: Isaac Benard (Gigantes de Rivas, LBPN, ) Sandy Bermudez (Tren del Norte, LBPN, ) Dwight Britton (Leones de Léon, LBPN, ) Juan Montes (Roswell Invaders, PECO, ) Norlando Valle (Tigres de Chinandega, LBPN, )

TEAM VENEZUELA Manager: Omar López Pitchers: José Alvarado (Philadelphia Phillies, MLB, ) Silvino Bracho (Louisville Bats - CIN AAA, IL, ) Jhoulys Chacin (Leones del Caracas, LVBP, ) Luis García (Houston Astros, MLB, ) Carlos Hernández (Kansas City Royals, MLB, ) Darwinzon Hernández (Norfolk Tides - BAL AAA, IL, ) Elieser Hernández (New York Mets, MLB, ) Pablo López (Minnesota Twins, MLB, ) Andrés Machado (Rochester Red Wings - WAS AAA, IL, ) Germán Márquez (Colorado Rockies, MLB, ) Martín Pérez (Texas Rangers, MLB, ) José Quijada (Los Angeles Angels, MLB, ) José Ruiz (Chicago White Sox, MLB, ) Ranger Suárez (Philadelphia Phillies, MLB, ) Anthony Vizcaya (Navegantes del Magallanes, LVBP, ) Catchers: Robinson Chirinos (Navegantes del Magallanes, LVBP, ) Omar Narváez (New York Mets, MLB, ) Salvador Pérez (Kansas City Royals, MLB, ) Infielders: José Altuve (Houston Astros, MLB, ) Luis Arráez (Miami Marlins, MLB, ) Miguel Cabrera (Detroit Tigers, MLB, ) Eduardo Escobar (New York Mets, MLB, ) Andrés Giménez (Cleveland Guardians, MLB, ) Luis Rengifo (Los Angeles Angels, MLB, ) Miguel Rojas (Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, ) Eugenio Suárez (Seattle Mariners, MLB, ) Gleyber Torres (New York Yankees, MLB, ) Outfielders: Ronald Acuña Jr. (Atlanta Braves, MLB, ) David Peralta (Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, ) Anthony Santander (Baltimore Orioles, MLB, )

Could be the end of the road for the Dutch team. No Ceddanne Rafaela or Jurickson Profar and an aging pitching staff.

TEAM ISRAEL Manager: Ian Kinsler Pitchers: Jake Bird (Colorado Rockies, MLB, ) Richard Bleier (Boston Red Sox, MLB, ) Daniel Federman (Aberdeen Ironbirds - BAL A+, SAL, ) Jake Fishman (Las Vegas Aviators - OAK AAA, PCL, ) Brandon Gold (Unattached, ) Colton Gordon (Asheville Tourists - HOU A+, SAL, ) Andrew Gross (Tampa Bay Rays, MLB, ) Rob Kaminsky (Unattached, ) Evan Kravetz (Chattanooga Lookouts - CIN AA, SL, ) Dean Kremer (Baltimore Orioles, MLB, ) Kyle Molnar (Unattached, ) Bubby Rossman (Adelaide Giants, ABL, ) Jacob Steinmetz (ACL D-backs Red - ARI ROK, ACL, ) Robert Stock (Nashville Sounds - MIL AAA, IL, ) Joey Wagman (Unattached, ) Zack Weiss (Los Angeles Angels, MLB, ) Josh Wolf (Lynchburg Hillcats - CLE A, CAR, ) Catchers: Ryan Lavarnway (Unattached, ) Garrett Stubbs (Philadelphia Phillies, MLB, ) Infielders: Zack Gelof (Oakland Athletics, MLB, ) Ty Kelly (Unattached, ) Assaf Lowengart (Mansfield Mountaineers, NCAA, ) Noah Mendlinger (Peoria Chiefs - STL A+, ML, ) Matt Mervis (Chicago Cubs, MLB, ) Danny Valencia (Unattached, ) Michael Wielansky (Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, ALPB, ) Outfielders: Alex Dickerson (Unattached, ) Jakob Goldfarb (Tri-City Valley Cats, Frontier, ) Spencer Horwitz (Toronto Blue Jays, MLB, ) Joc Pederson (San Francisco Giants, MLB, )

TEAM NETHERLANDS Manager: Hensley Meulens Pitchers: Mike Bolsenbroek (Heidenheim Heidenkoepfe, Bundesliga, ) Tom de Blok (Curacao Neptunus, Honkbal Hoofdklasse, ) Jaydenn Estanista (FCL Phillies - PHI ROK, FCL, ) Wendell Floranus (Tigres de Quintana Roo, LMB, ) Lars Huijer (HCAW, Honkbal Hoofdklasse, ) Ryan Huntington (Twins Oosterhout, Honkbal Hoofdklasse, ) Antwone Kelly (FCL Pirates - PIT ROK, FCL, ) Kevin Kelly (Curacao Neptunus, Honkbal Hoofdklasse, ) Shairon Martis (L&D Amsterdam Pirates, Honkball Hoofdklasse, ) Eric Mendez (Visalia Rawhide - ARI A, CAL, ) Pedro Strop (Unattached, ) J.C. Sulbaran (Curacao Neptunus, ) Franklin Van Gurp (York Revolution, ALPB, ) Derek West (Corpus Christi Hooks - HOU AA, TL, ) Catchers: Sicnarf Loopstok (L&D Amsterdam Pirates, Honkbal Hoofdklasse, ) Dashenko Ricardo (Curacao Neptunus, Honkbal Hoofdklasse, ) Chadwick Tromp (Atlanta Braves, MLB, ) Infielders: Xander Bogaerts (San Diego Padres, MLB, ) Didi Gregorius (Cangrejeros de Santurce, LBPRC, ) Dwayne Kemp (Curacap Neptunus, Honkbal Hoofdklasse, ) Richie Palacios (Cleveland Guardians, MLB, ) Juremi Profar (Braves de Leon, LMB, ) Jonathan Schoop (Detroit Tigers, MLB, ) Sharlon Schoop (L&D Amsterdam Pirates, Honkbal Hoofdklasse, ) Andrelton Simmons (WildCats KJ74, Curacao, ) Zander Wiel (High Point Rockers, ALPB, ) Outfielders: Wladimir Balentien (Gigantes del Cibao, LIDOM, ) Roger Bernadina (Curacao Neptunus, Honkbal Hoofdklasse, ) Ray-Patrick Didder (WildCats KJ74, Curacao, ) Josh Palacios (Indianapolis Indians - PIT AAA, IL, )

@phelpsStill some good players on the Italian team, what do you think of the team?

TEAM ITALY Manager: Mike Piazza Pitchers: Joe Biagini (Unattached, ) Ryan Castellani (Unattached, ) Nick Fanti (Unattached, ) Matt Festa (Seattle Mariners, MLB, ) Sam Gaviglio (Unattached, ) Matt Harvey (Unattached, ) Joe LaSorsa (Tampa Bay Rays, MLB, ) Braxton Lorenzini (Unattached, ) Joey Marciano (Sacramento River Cats - SF AAA, PCL, ) Vinny Nittoli (Iowa Cubs - CHC AAA, IL, ) Andre Pallante (St. Louis Cardinals, MLB, ) Nicolo Pinazzi (Daytona Tortugas - CIN A, FSL, ) Claudio Scotti (FCL Mets - NYM ROK, FCL, ) Mitchell Stumpo (Arizona Diamondbacks, MLB, ) Vin Timpanelli (Dayton Dragons - CIN A+, ML, ) Michele Vassalotti (Carolina Mudcats - MIL A, CAR, ) Stephen Woods Jr. (Omaha Storm Chasers - KC AAA, IL, ) Catchers: Vito Friscia (Philadelphia Phillies, MLB, ) Alberto Mineo (Parma Baseball Club, IBL, ) Dominic Miroglio (Arizona Diamondbacks, MLB, ) Brett Sullivan (San Diego Padres, MLB, ) Infielders: David Fletcher (Los Angeles Angels, MLB, ) Robel Garcia (Águilas Cibaeñas, LIDOM, ) Nicky Lopez (Kansas City Royals, MLB, ) Miles Mastrobuoni (Chicago Cubs, MLB, ) Vinnie Pasquantino (Kansas City Royals, MLB, ) John Valente (Toledo Mud Hens - DET AAA, IL, ) Outfielders: Ben DeLuzio (Iowa Cuba - CHC AAA, IL, ) Dominic Fletcher (Arizona Diamondbacks, MLB, ) Sal Frelick (Milwaukee Brewers, MLB, )

TEAM MEXICO Manager: Benji Gil Pitchers: Erubiel Armenta (Jersey Shore BlueClaws - PHI A+, SAL, ) Javier Assad (Chicago Cubs, MLB, ) Luis Cessa (Cincinnati Reds, MLB, ) Jesús Cruz (Lehigh Valley IronPigs - PHI AAA, IL, ) Giovanny Gallegos (St. Louis Cardinals, MLB, ) Adrián Martínez (Oakland Athletics, MLB, ) Gerardo Reyes (Salt Lake Bees - LAA AAA, PCL, ) Wilmer Rios (Acereros de Monclova, LMB, ) JoJo Romero (St. Louis Cardinals, MLB, ) Jake Sanchez (El Paso Chihuahuas - SD AAA, PCL, ) Patrick Sandoval (Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, ) Julio Urías (Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, ) José Urquidy (Houston Astros, MLB, ) César Vargas (Orix Buffaloes, NPB, ) Taijuan Walker (Philadelphia Phillies, MLB, ) Samuel Zazueta (Toros de Tijuana, LMB, ) Catchers: Austin Barnes (Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, ) Alejandro Kirk (Toronto Blue Jays, MLB, ) Infielders: Jonathan Aranda (Tampa Bay Rays, MLB, ) Isaac Paredes (Tampa Bay Rays, MLB, ) Rowdy Tellez (Milwaukee Brewers, MLB, ) Alan Trejo (Colorado Rockies, MLB, ) Luis Urías (Milwaukee Brewers, MLB, ) Roberto Valenzuela (Sultanes de Monterrey, LMB, ) Outfielders: Randy Arozarena (Tampa Bay Rays, MLB, ) José Cardona (Sultanes de Monterrey, LMB, ) Jarren Duran (Boston Red Sox, MLB, ) Joey Meneses (Washington Nationals, MLB, ) Alek Thomas (Arizona Diamondbacks, MLB, ) Alex Verdugo (Boston Red Sox, MLB, )

TEAM PUERTO RICO Manager: Yadier Molina Pitchers: José Berríos (Toronto Blue Jays, MLB, ) Fernando Cruz (Cincinnati Reds, MLB, ) José de León (St. Paul Saints - MIN AAA, IL, ) Alexis Díaz (Cincinnati Reds, MLB, ) Edwin Díaz (New York Mets, MLB, ) Dominic Hamel (Brooklyn Cyclones - NYM A+, SAL, ) Jorge López (Minnesota Twins, MLB, ) Anthony Maldonado (Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp - MIA AAA, IL, ) Jovani Morán (Minnesota Twins, MLB, ) Nicholas Padilla (Chicago White Sox, MLB, ) Emilio Pagán (Minnesota Twins, MLB, ) Yacksel Rios (Gwinnett Stripers - ATL AAA, IL, ) Dereck Rodríguez (St. Paul Saints - MIN AAA, IL, ) Hector Santiago (Acereros de Monclova, LMB, ) Marcus Stroman (Chicago Cubs, MLB, ) Duane Underwood Jr. (Pittsburgh Pirates, MLB, ) Catchers: Martín Maldonado (Houston Astros, MLB, ) MJ Melendez (Kansas City Royals, MLB, ) Christian Vázquez (Minnesota Twins, MLB, ) Infielders: Javier Báez (Detroit Tigers, MLB, ) Edwin Díaz (Worcester Red Sox - BOS AAA, IL, ) Kiké Hernández (Boston Red Sox, MLB, ) Francisco Lindor (New York Mets, MLB, ) Vimael Machín (Lehigh Valley IronPigs - PHI AAA, IL, ) José Miranda (Minnesota Twins, MLB, ) Emmanuel Rivera (Arizona Diamondbacks, MLB, ) Neftalí Soto (Yokohoma DeNA BayStars, NPB, ) Outfielders: Henry Ramos (Louisville Bats - CIN AAA, IL, ) Eddie Rosario (Atlanta Braves, MLB, ) Nelson Velázquez (Chicago Cubs, MLB, )

Dang, no Jose Ramirez or Emmanuel Clase Also lol at Robin Cano and Nelson Cruz being on the roster. Aside from that, what an amazing Dominican team!

TEAM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Manager: Rodney Linares Pitchers: Bryan Abreu (Houston Astros, MLB, ) Sandy Alcántara (Miami Marlins, MLB, ) Diego Castillo (Seattle Mariners, MLB, ) Roansy Contreras (Pittsburgh Pirates, MLB, ) Johnny Cueto (Miami Marlins, MLB, ) Camilo Doval (San Francisco Giants, MLB, ) Jarlin García (Pittsburgh Pirates, MLB, ) Luis García (San Diego Padres, MLB, ) Yimi García (Toronto Blue Jays, MLB, ) Cristian Javier (Houston Astros, MLB, ) José Leclerc (Texas Rangers, MLB, ) Rafael Montero (Houston Astros, MLB, ) Héctor Neris (Houston Astros, MLB, ) Gregory Soto (Philadelphia Phillies, MLB, ) Catchers: Francisco Mejía (Tampa Bay, Rays, MLB, ) Gary Sánchez (Unattached, ) Infielders: Willy Adames (Milwaukee Brewers, MLB, ) Robinson Canó (Estrellas Orientales, LIDOM, ) Nelson Cruz (San Diego Padres, MLB, ) Rafael Devers (Boston Red Sox, MLB, ) Wander Franco (Tampa Bay Rays, MLB, ) Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Toronto Blue Jays, MLB, ) Manny Machado (San Diego Padres, MLB, ) Ketel Marte (Arizona Diamondbacks, MLB, ) Jeremy Peña (Houston Astros, MLB, ) Jean Segura (Miami Marlins, MLB, ) Outfielders: Teoscar Hernández (Seattle Mariners, MLB, ) Eloy Jiménez (Chicago White Sox, MLB, ) Julio Rodríguez (Seattle Mariners, MLB, ) Juan Soto (San Diego Padres, MLB, )

That Canadian pitching staff . But we actually have MLBers on the team this time and this is much better than 2017 when we had the corpses of Eric Gagne and Ryan Dempster coming out of retirement to pitch for us.

TEAM CANADA Manager: Ernie Whitt Pitchers: Andrew Albers (Unattached, ) Philippe Aumont (Unattached, ) John Axford (Unattached, ) Matt Brash (Seattle Mariners, MLB, ) Mitch Bratt (Down East Wood Ducks - TEX A, CL, ) Trevor Brigden (Tampa Bay Rays, MLB, ) Indigo Diaz (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders - NYY AAA, IL, ) R.J. Freure (Lincoln Saltdogs, AAPB, ) Adam Loewen (Unattached, ) Scott Mathieson (Unattached, ) Nick Pivetta (Boston Red Sox, MLB, ) Evan Rutckyj (Melbourne Aces, ABL, ) Cal Quantrill (Cleveland Guardians, MLB, ) Noah Skirrow (Lehigh Valley IronPigs - PHI AAA, IL, ) Cade Smith (Cleveland Guardians, MLB, ) Curtis Taylor (Iowa Cubs - CHC AAA, IL, ) Rob Zastryzny (Indianapolis Indians - PIT AAA, IL, ) Catchers: Kellin Deglan (Unattached, ) Bo Naylor (Cleveland Guardians, MLB, ) Andy Yerzy (Unattached, ) Infielders: Freddie Freeman (Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, ) Edouard Julien (Minnesota Twins, MLB, ) Otto Lopez (Toronto Blue Jays, MLB, ) Damiano Palmegiani (Vancouver Canadians - TOR A+, NWL, ) Abraham Toro (Milwaukee Brewers, MLB, ) Jared Young (Iowa Cubs - CHC AAA, IL, ) Outfielders: Owen Caissie (South Bend Cubs - CHC A+, ML, ) Denzel Clarke (Oakland Athletics, MLB, ) Tyler O'Neill (St. Louis Cardinals, MLB, ) Jacob Robson (Melbourne Aces, ABL, )

TEAM UNITED STATES Manager: Mark DeRosa Pitchers: Jason Adam (Tampa Bay Rays, MLB, ) Daniel Bard (Colorado Rockies, MLB, ) David Bednar (Pittsburgh Pirates, MLB, ) Nestor Cortés Jr. (New York Yankees, MLB, ) Kendall Graveman (Chicago White Sox, MLB, ) Merrill Kelly (Arizona Diamondbacks, MLB, ) Clayton Kershaw (Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, ) Lance Lynn (Chicago White Sox, MLB, ) Miles Mikolas (St. Louis Cardinals, MLB, ) Adam Ottavino (New York Mets, MLB, ) Ryan Pressly (Houston Astros, MLB, ) Brooks Raley (New York Mets, MLB, ) Brady Singer (Kansas City Royals, MLB, ) Adam Wainwright (St. Louis Cardinals, MLB, ) Devin Williams (Milwaukee Brewers, MLB, ) Catchers: Kyle Higashioka (New York Yankees, MLB, ) J.T. Realmuto (Philadelphia Phillies, MLB, ) Will Smith (Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, ) Infielders: Pete Alonso (New York Mets, MLB, ) Tim Anderson (Chicago White Sox, MLB, ) Nolan Arenado (St. Louis Cardinals, MLB, ) Paul Goldschmidt (St. Louis Cardinals, MLB, ) Trea Turner (Philadelphia Phillies, MLB, ) Bobby Witt Jr. (Kansas City Royals, MLB, ) Outfielders: Mookie Betts (Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, ) Jeff McNeil (New York Mets, MLB, ) Cedric Mullins (Baltimore Orioles, MLB, ) Kyle Schwarber (Philadelphia Phillies, MLB, ) Mike Trout (c) (Los Angeles Angels, MLB, ) Kyle Tucker (Houston Astros, MLB, )

TEAM TAIWAN Manager: Lin Yueh-Ping Pitchers: Chen Kuan-Wei (Wei Chuan Dragons, CPBL, ) Chen Kuan-Yu (Rakuten Monkeys, CPBL, ) Chen Shih-Peng (Fubon Guardians, CPBL, ) Chen Yu-Hsun (Rakuten Monkeys, CPBL, ) Chiang Shao-Ching (Fubon Guardians, CPBL, ) Hu Chih-Wei (Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, CPBL, ) Huang Tzu-Peng (Rakuten Monkeys, CPBL, ) Lee Chen-Chang (C.C) (CTBC Brothers, CPBL, ) Lu Yen-Ching (CTBC Brothers, CPBL, ) Sung Chia-Hao (Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, NPB, ) Teng Kai-Wei (Richmond Flying Squirrels - SF AA, EL, ) Tseng Jen-Ho (Rakuten Monkeys, CPBL, ) Tseng Chun-Yueh (Fubon Guardians, CPBL, ) Wang Wei-Chung (Wei Chuan Dragons, CPBL, ) Catchers: Giljegiljaw Kungkuan (Wei Chuan Dragons, CPBL, ) Kao Yu-Chieh (CTBC Brothers, CPBL, ) Lin Dai-An (Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, CPBL, ) Infielders: Chang Yu-Cheng (Unattached, ) Cheng Tsung-Che (Bradenton Marauders - PIT A, FSL, ) Chiang Kun-Yu (CTBC Brothers, CPBL, ) Fan Kuo-Chen (Fubon Guardians, CPBL, ) Lin Li (Rakuten Monkeys, CPBL, ) Lin Tzu-Wei (Auckland Tuatara, ABL, ) Wang Wei Chen (CTBC Brothers, CPBL, ) Wu Nien-Ting (Saitama Seibu Lions, NPB, ) Outfielders: Chen Chen-Wei (Rakuten Monkeys, CPBL, ) Chen Chieh-Hsien (Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, CPBL, ) Cheng Chin (Rakuten Monkeys, CPBL, ) Kuo Tien-Hsin (Wei Chuan Dragons, CPBL, ) Wang Po-Jung (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, NPB, )

I have more bad news. Also no Nick Vespi for Italy as well. Doesn't surprise me that the pirates would do something like this despite their team not being competitive. Their owner doesn't have a heart. Not surprised about Correa. His health has been a talking point all off-season. Dominican starting rotation also starting to be a concern as Luis Castillo, Wandy Peralta, and Luis Severino all didn't get permission to play and now it doesn't look like Framber Valdez will play either. Taiwan will also be without one of their best pitchers, Chang Yi, due to shoulder inflammation.

If anyone was wondering what happened to Markus Thormeyer this past year https://swimswam.com/two-time-canadian-olympian-markus-thormeyer-gets-doping-ban-after-sharing-a-water-bottle/

Final rosters will be finalized on February 7th and MLB Network will have a roster reveal show on February 9th at 7:00 pm (19:00) EST

You can find a breakdown for Canada here.

Yeah, these rankings are definitely been a lot better than last year. Hoping to see a certain Canadian at #1 in the women's rankings!

Josh Johnson also hurt. Disaster of a game

No need to worry. It'll be Bengals vs. 49ers.

So for those who missed it, I simulated every quota for the upcoming olympics which you can find here. @Josh I believe you wanted a breakdown for the Canadian team and I will do that below. Team Size: 300 # of Sports Qualified In: 36 Archery (2): As is tradition, Canada is currently projected to qualify one athlete in each gender. Eric Peters and Stephanie Barrett are currently the highest ranked Canadian archers. Peters would qualify through the reallocated mixed team quotas and Barrett would qualify through the Pan-American games. Athletics (51): This is roughly around the number which Canada usually qualifies in athletics. Here's a breakdown of all the athletes below: Men (24): Mohammed Ahmed - 5000m, 10000m (Achieved Entry Standard in both events) Marco Arop - 800m (Achieved Entry Standard) Jerome Blake - 100m, Men's 200m (Achieved Entry Standard in both events) Aaron Brown - 200m (Achieved Entry Standard in 200m, 10th in 100m World Rankings) Andre de Grasse - 100m (29th in World Rankings) Jean-Simon Desgagnes - 3000m Steeplechase (27th in World Rankings) Evan Dunfee- 20km Race Walk (15th in World Rankings) John Gay - 3000m Steeplechase (23rd in World Rankings) Rowan Hamilton - Hammer Throw (23rd in World Rankings) Trevor Hofbauer - Marathon (264th in World Rankings) Adam Keenan - Hammer Throw (18th in World Rankings) Pierce Lepage - Decathlon (Achieved Entry Standard) Cameron Levins - Marathon (Achieved Entry Standard) Rory Linkletter - Marathon (258th in World Rankings) Django Lovett - High Jump (4th in World Rankings) Brandon McBride - 800m (41st in World Rankings) Malik Metivier - 400m Hurdles (42nd in World Rankings) William Paulson - 1500m (41st in World Rankings) Charles Philibert-Thiboutot - 1500m, 5000m (34th in 1500m World Rankings, 55th in 5000m World Rankings) Cameron Proceviat - 1500m (49th in World Rankings) Brendon Rodney - 200m (32nd in World Rankings) Ryan Smeeton - 3000m Steeplechase (39th in World Rankings) Benjamin Thorne - 20km Race Walk (50th in World Rankings) Damian Warner - Decathlon (Achieved Entry Standard) Women (24): Khamica Bingham - 100m (58th in World Rankings) Lindsey Butterworth - 800m (23rd in World Rankings) Kyra Constantine - 400m (40th in World Rankings) Gabriela Debues-Stafford - 1500m (Achieved Entry Standard) Malindi Elmore - Marathon (Achieved Entry Standard) Crystal Emmanuel - 100m (78th in World Rankings) Lauren Gale - 200m, 400m (59th in 200m World Rankings, 55th in 400m World Rankings) Elizabeth Gleadle - Javelin Throw (10th in World Rankings) Michelle Harrison - 100m Hurdles (Achieved Entry Standard) Natalia Hawthorn - 1500m (65th in World Rankings) Madeleine Kelly - 800m (36th in World Rankings) Ceili McCabe - 3000m Steeplechase (37th in World Rankings) Natassha McDonald - 200m, 400m (64th in 200m World Rankings, 47th in 400m World Rankings) Sarah Mitton - Shot Put (Achieved Entry Standard) Christabel Nettey - Long Jump (16th in World Rankings) Anicka Newell - Pole Vault (33rd in World Rankings) Alysha Newman - Pole Vault (26th in World Rankings) Camryn Rogers - Hammer Throw (Achieved Entry Standard) Leslie Sexton - Marathon (169th in World Rankings) Jazz Shukla - 800m (49th in World Rankings) Lucia Stafford - 1500m (43rd in World Rankings) Jillian Weir - Hammer Throw (10th in World Rankings) Natasha Wodak - Marathon (Achieved Entry Standard) Regan Yee- 3000m Steeplechase (35th in World Rankings) +3 additional relay athletes for the Men's 4x100m, Women's 4x100m, and Women's 4x400m relays Obviously, if healthy, De Grasse will also be entered in the 200m event. Ethan Katzberg just missed the hammer throw qualification by one spot in the world rankings. Badminton (8): Just like in Tokyo, the simulation has Canada qualifying one athlete in every discipline. Brian Yang and Michelle Li are currently ranked 21st and 14th in their respective singles events and both would qualify through the world rankings easily. In the doubles events, Canad benefits from being the best badminton nation in the Americas and they only earned their quotas in men's and mixed doubles because of the need to have a representative from the Americas. Simulated pairs are Adam Dong/Nyl Yakura in men's doubles, Rachel Honderich/Kristen Tsai in women's doubles, and Ty Lindeman/Josephine Wu in mixed doubles. Basketball (12): Women's team should have no problem qualifying. Unfortunately, the men do not qualify in the simulation because Argentina is still ranked as the 2nd best nation from the Americas. Personally, I'm optimistic that the men can get the job done this time. By biggest qualification wish is for them to qualify. 3x3 Basketball (4): After a stellar season, the women's 3x3 basketball team is predicted to qualify for the games. Boxing (3): Women's 54kg - Scarlett Delgado Women's 60kg - Charlie Cavanagh Women's 66kg - Tammara Thibeault Wyatt Sanford just barely missed qualifying. Breaking (1): Phil Wizard is predicted to be the lone breakdancer qualifying for Canada. I used the world championships to simulate breakdancing but couldn't find a world ranking. I believe another Canadian just missed qualifying in the men's event. Canoe Slalom (2): Florence Maheu (Women's K1) and Lois Betteridge (Women's C1) qualify as the winners of the Americas continental qualification events. No men qualify this time. Canoe Sprint (14): Canada earns quotas in both K4 and C2 events for both genders meaning they'll have at least one boat in every event. I also have Canada earning extra quotas in Women's K1 and C1. BMX (1): 1 athlete in the women's racing event. Molly Simpson is projected to earn the Americas quota. Mountain Biking (2): Through the nations rankings, Canada is projected to earn one quota in both the men's and women's events. Carter Woods and Emily Batty were the top ranked Canadians. Road Cycling (3): Through the nations rankings, Canada is projected to qualify 1 man and two women. Based on individual rankings, the quotas would go to Michael Woods, Alison Jackson, and Simone Boilard. Track Cycling (15): Through the nations rankings, Canada is projected to qualify full sprint teams for both men and women as well as 5 men's distance and 4 women's distance cyclists. This means that Canada would have entries in all the events. Diving (6): I used the most recent world championships for the diving simulation so the athletes are the same ones. Bryden Hattie in the men's 3m springboard, Nathan Zsombor-Murray and Rylan Wiens in the 10m events, Mia Vallee and Margo Erlam in the women's 3m events and Caeli McKay in the women's 10m platform. Equestrian (9): Full team in each discipline. Hopefully there won't be any disasters like last time. Fencing (8): First of all, there's a full team in both men's and women's foil. While not in the top 4, both teams qualify as the best remaining team in the Americas. There's also an additional two athletes that qualify through world rankings. Fares Arfa qualifies in the men's sabre and Gabriella Page qualifies in the women's sabre as the best ranked athletes from the Americas not in the team event. Football (18): Qualification for the women's team. Just got to beat Jamaica to get back to the Olympics. Golf (4): As is always the case, 2 per gender qualify through the world rankings. As of the time I did the simulation, the qualified golfers would be Corey Conners (34th), Mackenzie Hughes (46th), Brooke Henderson (7th), and Maude-Aimee Leblanc (146th). Artistic Gymnastics (10): Women's team already qualified. Based on the results of the 2022 World Championships, I have the men qualifying at the 2023 World Championships. Hopefully that happens. Trampoline (2): One in each gender (Jeremy Chartier and Sarah Milette) Judo (7): Mens -73kg - Arthur Margelidon (6th in World Rankings) Men's -81kg - Francois Gauthier Drapeau (15th in World Rankings) Men's -100kg - Shady Elnahas (6th in World Rankings) Women's -52kg - Kelly Deguchi (Continental Quota) Women's -57kg - Christa Deguchi (1st in World Rankings) Women's -63kg - Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard (2nd in World Rankings) Women's -78kg - Coralie Godbout (Team Event Quota) Now I was informed today that I there was an olympic ranking that I missed where as I used the world rankings for these quotas . Not sure how big of a difference it makes. The only big difference I noticed was that Kyle Reyes was ranked ahead of Elnahas in the Men's -100kg event but either of them could take the quota and then there is of course, the battle in the women's -57kg class as well. Rowing (28): Quotas in men's single sculls, men's double sculls, men's eight, women's single sculls, women's pair, women's double sculls, women's eight and women's lightweight double sculls. Rugby Sevens (12): Still have the women's team qualifying despite their decline. However, they just sneak in earning a quota in the final qualification event. Men's team has no like as the United States didn't qualify through the rugby sevens series. The US will play a big factor into whether or not our teams qualify. Sailing (7): Quotas in men's dinghy (Fillah Karim), men's skiff (Arie Moffat), women's kite (Nataliya Leshko), women's dinghy (Sarah Douglas), and women's skiff (Georgia Lewin-Iafrance). The dinghy and women's skiff quotas were earned through the 2023 world championships while the other quotas were earned through the North American/Caribbean qualification event. Skateboarding (7): Now this was very interesting. The breakdown is one athlete in men's street and 3 athletes in each of the park events. There were not that many park competitions this year so the numbers could be more inflated because of that. I would expect the number to be less than 7. Sport Climbing (1): Alannah Yip finds herself returning to the games through the Americas qualifier in the women's combined boulder and lead event. Surfing (2): I used results from both the world surfing series and the world championships to make a simulation. Strong showings in the world championships from Sanoa Dempfle-Olin and Erin Brooks help them qualify in this simulation. Swimming (23): The following swimmers achieved an olympic qualifying time in 2022 (or open water quota): Men: Hau-Li Fan - 10km Open Water Finlay Knox - 200m IM Joshua Liendo - 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly Women: Mary-Sophie Harvey - 200m IM Maggie Mac Neil - 100m Butterfly Kylie Masse - 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke Summer McIntosh - 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, 200m Backstroke, 200m Butterfly, 200m IM, 400m IM Penny Oleksiak - 100m Freestyle Taylor Ruck - 200m Freestyle Katerine Savard - 100m Butterfly Ingrid Wilm - 100m Backstroke Kelsey Wog - 200m Breaststroke Additional Relay Athletes: Javier Acevedo, Sophie Angus, Jeremy Bagshaw, Stephen Calkins, James Dergousoff, Ruslan Gaziev, Ella Jansen, Yuri Kisil, Rachel Nicol, Rebecca Smith, Adam Wu Summer probably isn't going to swim all 6 events that opens the door for another female swimmer in an individual event. Notably, there are some big name IM swimmers like Sydney Pickrem, Tessa Cieplucha or even Bailey Andison that aren't listed. That would probably be a combination of the tough entry standards + Summer taking up two of the four IM spots. Table Tennis (2): 1 in each gender. Eugene Wang and Mo Zhang both qualify through the Americas events. Taekwondo (3): Men's +80kg - Marc-Andre Bergeron (Pan America Tournament) Women's -57kg - Skylar Park (5th in Olympic Rankings) Women's -67kg - Ashley Kraayeveld (Pan America Tournament) Canada also just missed a quota in the Men's -58kg event. Tennis (6): Felix Auger-Alissime (6th) and Denis Shapovalov (18th) qualify in men's singles. Leylah Fernandez (40th), Bianca Andreescu (46th), and Rebecca Marino (63rd) qualify in women's singles. Gabriella Dabrowski joins the team for the doubles event. Triathlon (4): Charles Paquet (51st) and Jeremy Briand (70th) qualify through the men's olympic rankings. Emy Legault (20th) qualifies through the women's olympic rankings and Amelie Kretz receives a reallocated quota place. This would mean that Canada would be able to enter a mixed relay team. Beach Volleyball (4): No teams in men's again. For the women, the teams were Brandie/Bukovec and Pavan/Melissa when I was gathering the data but the teams have reformed now. Either way, I still think we'll qualify two women's teams since there's also the McNamara sisters who could also qualify. Water Polo (12): Women's team. Assuming the United States qualifies through the World Championships, Canada should be able to take the Americas quota. Weightlifting (1): With quotas reduced significantly, only Maude Charron is able to qualify in the women's 59kg event. Maybe Boady Santavy could qualify too. Wrestling (6): Men's 97kg Freestyle - Nishan Randhawa (Americas Qualification Tournament) Men's 125kg Freestyle - Amarveer Dhesi (Americas Qualification Tournament) *Very close to qualifying another men's quota in an event I can't remember Women's 50kg Freestyle - Madison Parks (Americas Qualification Tournament) Women's 62kg Freestyle - Ana Godinez Gonzalez (2023 World Championships) Women's 68kg Freestyle - Linda Morais (2023 World Championships) Women's 76kg Freestyle - Justina di Stasio (Americas Qualification Tournament) Sports not qualified in: Artistic Swimming: This is a bit of a shocker but that's because we decided not to participate in many of the events at the world championships. I would expect Canada to at least qualify a duet since the US beat us at the team event during the World Championships. Field Hockey: Unfortunately, both teams were too low in the world rankings to qualify in this simulation. Maybe we'll qualify a team, maybe we won't. Could go either way. Indoor Volleyball: Men's team is on the decline. Women's team is on the rise but still not high enough in the world rankings. Could qualify, maybe not. Who knows. Handball: No way. Modern Pentathlon: Probably not. Shooting: Maybe we'll qualify an athlete.