{"id":105773,"date":"2026-01-29T18:18:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/jose-ramirez-misses-the-world-baseball-classic-nelson-cruz-reveals-the-reason\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T18:18:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T22:18:56","slug":"jose-ramirez-misses-the-world-baseball-classic-nelson-cruz-reveals-the-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/jose-ramirez-misses-the-world-baseball-classic-nelson-cruz-reveals-the-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez misses the World Baseball Classic: Nelson Cruz reveals the reason"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez Withdraws from the 2026 World Baseball Classic for Personal Reasons<\/h2>\n\nSanto Domingo \u2013 The general manager of the Dominican baseball team, Nelson Cruz, announced this Thursday a piece of news that has surprised fans: third baseman Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez will not be part of the team that will represent the Dominican Republic in the 2026 World Baseball Classic.\n\nThe decision, as explained by Cruz, is due to a personal situation that prevents Ram\u00edrez from joining the national team.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI want to apologize to the media, because I know there was a lot of expectation about Jos\u00e9&#8217;s participation. My responsibility as a manager is not limited to choosing a team, it also includes protecting the players\u201d,<\/p><cite>Nelson Cruz<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nCruz apologized for not having communicated the news previously, arguing that his main duty is to protect the well-being of the players.\n\nThe manager clarified that the absence of Ram\u00edrez is not related to sporting aspects or his performance on the field, but rather to a personal matter that prevents him from being present from the start of the tournament.\n\nCruz indicated that there is a possibility that Ram\u00edrez will join the team in a second phase of the tournament, in case the team advances.\n\nCruz highlighted that the decision has been difficult for Ramirez, who has always shown commitment to the national team.\n\nFinally, Cruz announced that it will be Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez himself who, at the opportune moment, will offer more details about the situation.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez Withdraws from the 2026 World Baseball Classic for Personal Reasons Santo Domingo \u2013 The general manager of the Dominican baseball team, Nelson Cruz, announced this Thursday a piece of news that has surprised fans: third baseman Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez will not be part of the team that will represent the Dominican Republic in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[11569,1271,2005,1395],"class_list":{"0":"post-105773","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-classic-2026","9":"tag-dominican-republic","10":"tag-jose-ramirez","11":"tag-nelson-cruz"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105773","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=105773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}