Team USA can only wait to see whether its campaign continues, or whether its MLB superstars are going back to their respective spring trainings. [WBC Bracket: Standings, Who Is Advancing?] It’s the final day of World Baseball Classic pool play, and we’re set for some drama. Recapping Wednesday’s action. JUMP TO: Canada In, Cuba Out…
Daikin Park (Houston) —Team USA’s buses were scheduled to leave the stadium at 11:30 p.m. on Monday night, but their players weren’t quite ready. Two hours after avenging their 2023 World Baseball Classic loss to Mexico, they remained in the clubhouse at the home of the Houston Astros, chairs turned toward the middle of the…
We are entering the business portion of the World Baseball Classic. Here’s how it’s shaping up. Entering Monday night’s games, Japan and Korea have already qualified out of Pool C. The Dominican Republic and Venezuela have clinched the quarterfinal spots out of Pool D. That leaves four more teams (two from Pool A and B,…
Two quarterfinal spots, three contenders. Pool B of the World Baseball Classic will go down to the wire with the USA, Mexico and Italy looking to advance to the next round. The USA beat Mexico, 5-3, in Monday’s game but lost to Italy, 8-6, on Tuesday. Italy and Mexico play each other on Wednesday. The…
In the fourth inning of Italy’s 8-6 stunner over Team USA, Jac Caglianone hit the Azzurri’s third home run of the game. Returning to the dugout, he put on the Armani jacket waiting for him, downed a shot of espresso and received the due baci greeting from Vinnie Pasquantino, who placed a kiss on each…
Cal Raleigh insisted Tuesday he has no beef with Randy Arozarena even though his Seattle Mariners teammate lashed out with a vulgar rant after Raleigh left him hanging for a handshake at the World Baseball Classic. “I love Randy, I do,” Raleigh told FOX Sports’ Rowan Kavner. “I hate that this is a thing. There’s…
Daikin Park (Houston) – Tarik Skubal thought he knew what to expect. After all, just last year, the two-time Cy Young Award started the All-Star Game and pitched in three playoff games. Yet nothing could prepare him for the emotions of representing his country at the World Baseball Classic. In the first inning Saturday, he…
Defending champion Japan defeated the Czech Republic 9-0 on Tuesday in the final World Baseball Classic Pool C game at the Tokyo Dome. Despite the score, it wasn’t easy for Japan, which finished 4-0 in pool play. The Czechs, the 2025 European championship bronze medalists, finished 0-4. Japan, held scoreless through seven innings, broke through…
Can Team USA and its star-studded lineup and rotation win it all at the 2026 World Baseball Classic? Three games, three wins so far for the USA after beating Brazil, dominating Great Britain, and getting past Mexico. It continues with Tuesday’s Pool B finale against Italy at Daikin Park, home of MLB‘s Houston Astros. …
Daikin Field (Houston) — Three years after upsetting Team USA in the World Baseball Classic, Team Mexico’s fans were ready to party again Monday night. Among a sellout crowd of 41,628 fans at Daikin Park, in a sea of green, white and red, Mexican flags were unfurled and the sound of noisemakers filled the air. …
