{"id":105713,"date":"2026-01-29T04:59:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T08:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/sandy-alcantara-approved-ready-for-the-world-baseball-classic-with-the-dominican-republic-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T04:59:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T08:59:38","slug":"sandy-alcantara-approved-ready-for-the-world-baseball-classic-with-the-dominican-republic-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/sandy-alcantara-approved-ready-for-the-world-baseball-classic-with-the-dominican-republic-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara Approved: Ready for the World Baseball Classic with the Dominican Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SANTO DOMINGO \u2013 The outstanding right-handed pitcher Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara, of the Miami Marlins, has successfully completed the necessary procedures to join the Dominican Republic team that will compete in the next World Baseball Classic.The 2022 National League Cy Young Award winner, already participated with the Dominican team in the 2023 WBC, demonstrating his commitment to the country.In the season leading up to the tournament, Alc\u00e1ntara stood out in MLB by leading in innings pitched, complete games, and shutouts, establishing himself as a high-performing starter.Despite suggestions to focus on rest and take care of his professional career, the pitcher chose to represent his country, reaffirming his dedication.Along with Alc\u00e1ntara, Fernando Tatis Jr., Oneil Cruz, and Cristopher S\u00e1nchez have also been confirmed for the Dominican roster, adding talent to the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTO DOMINGO \u2013 The outstanding right-handed pitcher Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara, of the Miami Marlins, has successfully completed the necessary procedures to join the Dominican Republic team that will compete in the next World Baseball Classic.The 2022 National League Cy Young Award winner, already participated with the Dominican team in the 2023 WBC, demonstrating his commitment to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,1271,2635,5529],"class_list":{"0":"post-105713","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-dominican-republic","10":"tag-sandy-alcantara","11":"tag-world-classic"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}