After a three-year wait, the World Baseball Classic is back. Team Japan will look to defend its title after taking down Team USA in the 2023 final. That contest ended in the most dramatic way possible,

Eight Cubs players and four White Sox players will be leaving spring training to play in the World Baseball Classic.

Major League Baseball is sending 190 players to the event.

MESA, Ariz. — At the beginning of spring training, Seiya Suzuki indicated that the Chicago Cubs had not approached him about a possible contract extension. That wait-and-see attitude makes sense, given the uncertainty surrounding the next labor deal and a roster loaded with potential free agents.

Spring training will be a little different this year. The Phillies have a remarkable 16 players appearing in the World Baseball Classic, with 10 of them are likely to be on the team's 26-man roster.

Learn to convert Kalshi's 2026 World Baseball Classic percentages into betting odds. Understand $1.00 contracts, implied probability, and price discovery.

At just 17 years old, Joseph Contreras is already throwing 98 mph fastballs, and now, he's headed to one of baseball's biggest international stages.

The World Baseball Classic begins on Wednesday, March 4, at 10 p.m. ET in a game between Australia and Chinese Taipei. It will kick off a fortnight of absolute madness, with the best baseball players on the planet highly motivated by patriotism,