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Mar, 2026

52 PONY Baseball Alumni Take the Stage at the World Baseball Classic.

The World Baseball Classic returns for its sixth edition this week, featuring 20 teams across four pools. In total, 47 games played over 13 days at four locations. The pool play rounds will be played in Miami, Florida, Houston, Texas, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Tokyo, Japan. The quarterfinals will be split between Miami and Houston, and both the semi-finals and finals will be played in Miami.


The top two teams from the Americas, alongside the Olympic hosts the United States, will qualify for the 2028 Olympic baseball tournament held in Los Angeles, California.


The WBC will run from March 5th-17th. Pool play runs March 5th-12th with the quarterfinals taking place Friday, March 13 and Saturday, March 14. The semi-finals are Sunday, March 15 and Monday, March 16 with the championship taking place on Tuesday, March 17 at 8pm EST.


Fans can find a full list on where to find all the action here.


United States

Name

Position

Team

Alex Bregman

3B

Chicago Cubs (MLB)

Matthew Boyd

P

Chicago Cubs (MLB)

Garrett Whitlock

P

Boston Red Sox (MLB)

Logan Webb

P

San Francisco Giants (MLB)


Canada

Name

Position

Team

Otto Lopez

2B

Miami Marlins (MLB)

Jameson Taillon

P

Chicago Cubs (MLB)


Chinese Taipei

Name

Position

Team

Chih-Wei Hu

P

Uni-President Lions (CPBL)

Yu Chang

IF

Fubon Guardians (CPBL)


Czechia

Name

Position

Team

Lukáš Hlouch

RHP

Třebíč Nuclears (EXL)

Michal Kovala

RHP

Chipola College (NJCAA D1)

Tomáš Ondra

RHP

Draci Brno (EXL)

Daniel Padyšák

RHP

Oisix Niigata Albirex BC (EL)

Milan Prokop

IF

Draci Brno (EXL)

Martin Zelenka

C/IF

Tempo Praha (EXL)



Dominican Republic

Name

Position

Team

Albert Abreu

RHP

Chunichi Dragons (NPB)

Sandy Alcantara

RHP

Miami Marlins (MLB)

Junior Caminero

IF

Tampa Bay Rays (MLB)

Oneil Cruz

OF

Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB)

Seranthony Domínguez

RHP

Chicago White Sox (MLB)

Carlos Estévez

RHP

Kansas City Royals (MLB)

Vladimir Guerrero Jr

IF

Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)

Jeremy Peña

IF

Houston Astros (MLB)

Wandy Peralta

LHP

San Diego Padres (MLB)

Dennis Santana

RHP

Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB)

Juan Soto

OF

New York Mets (MLB)



Great Britain

Name

Position

Team

Brendan Beck

P

New York Yankees (MLB)

Jazz Chisholm Jr

IF

New York Yankees (MLB)

BJ Murray

IF

Chicago Cubs (MLB)



Israel

Name

Position

Team

Robert Stock

RHP

New York Mets (MLB)


Italy

Name

Position

Team

Michael Lorenzen

P

Colorado Rockies (MLB)

Dante Nori

OF

Philadelphia Phillies (MLB)

Vinnie Pasquantino

IF

Kansas City Royals (MLB)



Japan

Name

Position

Team

Yusei Kikuchi

P

Los Angeles Angels (MLB)


Mexico

Name

Position

Team

Jonathan Aranda

IF

Tampa Bay Rays (MLB)

Brennan Bernardino

P

Colorado Rockies (MLB)

Luis Gastelum

P

St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)

Alejandro Kirk

C

Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)

Joey Meneses

IF

Athletics (MLB)

Luis Urías

IF

Free Agent


Netherlands

Name

Position

Team

Justin Morales

P

Bethune-Cookman University


Panama

Name

Position

Team

Logan Allen

P

Cleveland Guardians (MLB)



Puerto Rico

Name

Position

Team

Edwin Arroyo

IF

Cincinnati Reds (MLB)

Willi Castro

OF

Colorado Rockies (MLB)

José De León

P

Caliente de Durango (LMB)

Edwin Díaz 

P

Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)

Rico Garcia

P

Baltimore Orioles (MLB)

Jorge Lopez

P

Free Agent

Heliot Ramos

OF

San Francisco Giants (MLB)

Yacksel Rios

P

Chicago Cubs (MLB)

Gabriel Rodríguez

P

Leones de Ponce (LBPRC)

Eddie Rosario

OF

Free Agent

Christian Vázquez

C

Free Agent



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