Team USA kicked off its 2023 World Baseball Classic Saturday when it took on Great Britain in the first game of pool C play. While Great Britain got off to a good start early, the United States found a way to take control of the game and pick up an opening 6-2 victory at Chase Field in Phoenix. Adam Wainwright got the start for the USA and allowed Great Britain to get on the board in the first...
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With the World Baseball Classic beginning on Tuesday night, we take a look at Pool A, which kicks off all of the action in Taichung, Taiwan. Yes, the games will be on late at night or early in the morning, but it is a good way to get your fix of meaningful baseball games in before the start of the regular season. While there is one prohibitive favorite in the group, the race for second place and...
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With the 2023 World Baseball Classic rapidly approaching let’s take a look at Pool C, the pool that features Team USA. The action will take place in Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. The last time Team USA played WBC games in Arizona was in 2013 when they won the pool despite a loss to Mexico. Now, 10 years later, Team USA will have Canada and Mexico in its pool again along with Colombia...
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New York Mets closer Edwin Díaz will be heading to the World Baseball Classic to pitch for Team Puerto Rico next week. Once the tournament begins, if you see Diaz pitch in one of the pool games, you will not see him enter the next game. Díaz was a guest on Foul Territory on Thursday and he mentioned what his workload will be like in the first few games of the WBC: .@SugarDiaz39 says he...
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Carlos Carrasco was the last of the New York Mets (3-4) starting rotation to make their spring debut. He got the start on Thursday when the Mets took on the Atlanta Braves (2-2) at Clover Park. Atlanta ended up picking up the win by a final score of 6-2 despite a late Mets rally in the ninth. The Braves got the scoring started in the top of the second against Carrasco. After Kevin Pillar drew a...
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