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Two #STLCards – Goldschmidt and Arenado – are among the early commits to play in the World Baseball Classic. https://t.co/jCISbDUAnf
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) September 1, 2022
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Springfield OF Matt Koperniak’s Great Britain squad won its qualifier to earn a spot in March’s World Baseball Classic. The qualification and participation backstory of our no. 39 #stlcards prospect follows, exclusively for members of The Cardinal Nation. https://t.co/ymY3Lhc6tZ pic.twitter.com/Dn333L8NiC
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) September 22, 2022
Wainwright and Mikolas are also playing for Team USA.
OFFICIAL | #KBO announced 30-man roster for WBC today. As expected, big leaguers Ha-seong Kim, Tommy Edman and Ji-man Choi all made the team and will be representing 🇰🇷 at @WBCBaseball. #Pirates #STLCards #Padres #MLB #WBC pic.twitter.com/AgjEEgJ7ld
— Daniel Kim 대니얼 김 (@DanielKimW) January 4, 2023
How will playing in this affect our guys and their spring training schedules and routines? Anything adverse going to come about as a result of their participation?
Established guys being out of camp will open up opportunity for others to show what they’ve got.
Wouldn’t mind seeing if Walker can actually play 3B.
Walker is now an outfielder. Third base is in the past. I imagine Donovan will be the semi-regular third baseman while Arenado is away. Yepez at first. DeJong will get a reprieve at short.
Obviously, neither Walker nor Gorman were moved because they couldn’t play 3rd base. They were moved because they are MLB talent with no clear path to the big club. I am interested to see how well Walker can hit big league pitching. The ball coming off his bat, quite frankly, makes a different sound than all others I’ve seen play. He should have a tremendous career in MLB.
Edman is playing for South Korea and Nootbaar is playing for Japan.
🇰🇷WBC NEWS – KOREA🇰🇷
Per SBS, Tommy Edman has been confirmed on Team Korea for the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
Edman will be the first player in HISTORY born outside of South Korea to represent the national team. He is Korean on his mother’s side. pic.twitter.com/1EmwXGJwGG
— Shawn Spradling (@Shawn_Spradling) December 30, 2022
🇯🇵WBC NEWS – JAPAN🇯🇵
Lars Nootbaar is committed to play for Japan in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
Born and raised in El Segundo, California, Nootbaar will be the first player in Samurai Japan HISTORY to be born outside of Japan. pic.twitter.com/vUZVJJUs7k
— Shawn Spradling (@Shawn_Spradling) January 3, 2023
My primary thought on the “World Baseball Classic” is that it no longer takes too long to attain the status of being termed a “Classic.” Whatever that means…
So I take it having an ancestor from a country means you can play for that country? That being the case, I wonder if the country would even have to still exist if people whose ancestors came from there formed a team.
Expect a bunch of stories coming up in the media as Waino, Goldy and Arenado are having a Zoom session today with the local writers. The specific subject is WBC. (Personally, I am going to pass as I am busy with the 2023 Prospect Guide, but others will thoroughly cover it.)
P.S. Forgot to mention that final WBC rosters are coming out this Thursday, the 9th.
According to this article from VEB the other day the Cardinals have 12 players in the organization planning to play in the WBC. That seems like a lot to me. It could really disrupt our Spring Training.
Dominican Republic
Génesis Cabrera, pitcherGreat Britian
Matt Koperniak, outfielderItaly
Andre Pallante, pitcherJapan
Lars Nootbaar, outfielderPanama
Wilfredo Pereira, pitcher
L. J. Jones, infielder
Iván Herrera, infielderSouth Korea
Tommy Edman, infielderUnited States
Nolan Arenado, infielder
Paul Goldschmidt, infielder
Miles Mikolas, pitcher
Adam Wainwright, pitcher12 players in St. Louis Cardinals organization are set to play in the World Baseball Classic – A Hunt and Peck https://t.co/cpcGljUG2g
— viva el birdos (@vivaelbirdos) February 3, 2023
My count is 19.
1/3 of the #STLCards 40-man roster will play in the World Baseball Classic. The 13 are joined by six organization minor leaguers. All the rosters are here, including mention of a number of ex-Cardinals. (free) https://t.co/kAFKFtG8V7 pic.twitter.com/esTDrlDwap
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) February 10, 2023
I am too lazy/disinterested to read articles and do research. I don’t suppose we can watch these games on TV? Does anyone have any idea? Not that it matters I guess, since there is zero chance I have whatever pay service it might be on.
All games will be on FOX, FS1, FS2, FOX Deportes or Tubi. The 47 games played across the two-week tournament will air on one of the FOX networks.
Ok, I can figure out what channel numbers those are and if I get them or not. If I do get some of it, the next step is getting one of my grandkids to set up recording some games so I can watch. Finally, I will need to get my wife to remind me that I have games recorded and help me figure out how to get them playing on the screen. Thanks.
Does one parent have to have been born in the foreign country, or just have immediate ancestry from that country?
I don’t know what the qualifications are, but you’d think if that player were genuinely representing the country that he played for that he would be required to hold citizenship from that country. Either that, or print a nom de guerre on the back of his jersey…Haha!
The World Baseball Classic’s website sells tickets for these games. Apparently there are only four cities where games are played: Phoenix, Miami, Tokyo, Taichung (a city in Taiwan)
Guessing MLB bought a blanket policy so the players would participate. Yet Kershaw has an insurance issue that caused him to back out. So maybe it is team by team instead. That is almost certainly why this Angels reporter checked.
In light of the Clayton Kershaw situation, I checked today on #Angels in the WBC.
I am told all are insured, so if any of them get hurt during the WBC, most of their salary from the regular season time missed would be covered.
— Jeff Fletcher (@JeffFletcherOCR) February 18, 2023
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