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....
Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports that the Angels will keep superstar Shohei Ohtani through the 2022 trade deadline. The Mets and Yankees were among the teams that reached out to the Angels to see if Ohtani was going to be available. Ohtani is under contract with the Angels through the 2023 season. Ohtani has a 138 OPS+ with 22 home runs and 62 RBIs this season. On the pitching side,...
