The United States took down the Dominican Republic in a low-scoring 2-1 affair to advance to the championship game of the World Baseball Classic Sunday night. Propelled by a couple of home runs and stout pitching, the United States will now await the winner of Italy versus Venezuela. Two solo home runs in the fourth inning by Gunnar Henderson and Roman Anthony were enough. The lone Dominican...
Sunday, March 15, 2026 • 8:10 PM LoanDepot Park • Miami, FL RHP Paul Skenes (1-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Luis Severino (1-0, 2.25 ERA) FS1 The United States is set to face off against the Dominican Republic for a spot in the World Baseball Classic championship game. The U.S. defeated Canada in the quarterfinals while the D.R. mercy-ruled Korea, 10-0, in their quarterfinal match. The Dominicans have not...
Good morning, Mets fans! On Friday night, Team USA defeated Team Canada 5-3 in the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals. Brice Turang and Pete Crow-Armstrong provided support at the bottom of the lineup, each recording two hits and an RBI. Team USA will face the formidable Team Dominican Republic on Sunday at 8 p.m. with a spot in the WBC championship game on the...
After an upset loss at the hands of Team Italy in their last game of pool play on Tuesday, Team USA had its backs against the walls with its destiny for the remainder of the 2026 World Baseball Classic out of its control. Luckily for them, Italy kept them alive after they defeated Team Mexico by a score of 9-1 on Wednesday night. Now, the United States have new life in the tournament and are set...
The World Baseball Classic is down to its elite eight and every game from here on out is single elimination. (Mark DeRosa, do not bench any stars.) Also, 17 Mets (including minor leaguers) were on WBC rosters at the outset and now a lucky seven still have a chance for a ring. Friday’s games Korea vs. Dominican Republic at loanDepot park in Miami, 6:30 p.m. ET on FS2 Korea is the only team...
MMO Readers, you know that in addition to covering Spring Training, we’ve also been covering the WBC, like this team preview of the United States. Of course, we have to share our thoughts on the WBC with you all, too! Here’s who we think is going to win it all, and who we think will be named MVP. Before we get into it, we also want to quickly share that we have some new WBC merch up...
The Dominican Republic may have the most formidable lineup in the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Every spot in the starting nine is filled by one of baseball’s best players. Jeremy Pena and Oneil Cruz are two of the game’s most exciting players entering their prime years, and they are both likely on the team’s bench. While their rotation isn’t as deep as the top two teams,...
The final game of Pool D of the World Baseball Classic between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic had a Game 7 feel to it at loanDepot Park in Miami, Florida. But nothing that happened in the game will matter to Mets fans more than what happened directly afterwards. After striking out the side in the bottom of the ninth for Puerto Rico, Mets closer Edwin Díaz appeared to suffer a severe leg...
Several Mets are set to participate in the upcoming World Baseball Classic. So there’s a good chance this list featuring players who were Mets at one time or another encapsulating the four previous editions of the international tournament will have an addition or two by the time it’s over on March 21. 2006 and 2009: Dice-K Goes Back-to-Back By the time Daisuke Matsuzaka arrived in...
Baseball fans across the globe are gearing up for the biggest stage for international play. Even with some big names recently opting-out of the World Baseball Classic (WBC), the tournament is set to begin on March 7. Clayton Kershaw, Jhoan Duran, Paolo Espino, Ramón Urías are among the names who opted out for various reasons, the most interesting reason being due to not gaining clearance by...
Now that the rosters for all 20 countries in next month’s World Baseball Classic are out, it’s time to examine the teams in-depth. Today, we will take a look at the position-player pool. Obviously, we can’t go too deep in terms of how each manager is going to set up their lineup in pool play, but we can go position-by-position to determine some of the stronger lineup in this year’s tournament....
Good Morning, Mets fans! Yesterday, the battle between the players and the owners heated up. Latest Mets News Mike Puma of the New York Post believes there’s a chance the Mets could go after J.T. Realmuto this offseason. Evan Axelbank of Fox News interviewed Pete Alonso about his new “Homers For Heroes Foundation.” Per a tweet from Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, Robinson Cano is...
