{"id":106363,"date":"2026-02-01T04:57:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T08:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/ketel-marte-returns-to-the-dominican-roster-for-the-2026-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T04:57:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T08:57:29","slug":"ketel-marte-returns-to-the-dominican-roster-for-the-2026-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/ketel-marte-returns-to-the-dominican-roster-for-the-2026-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Ketel Marte returns to the Dominican roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Ketel Marte Reinforces Dominican Republic for the 2026 World Baseball Classic<\/h2>\n<p>The Dominican Republic baseball team strengthens for the 2026 World Baseball Classic with the incorporation of Ketel Marte, a prominent Major League player. The versatile infielder will once again represent his country in the prestigious international tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Ketel Marte, known as &#8220;el ni\u00f1o de Nizao&#8221;, will participate in his second World Baseball Classic. His experience, offensive skills, and defensive versatility make him a key element for the Dominican team.<\/p>\n<p>The selection already has a core of high-caliber players, including Fernando Tatis Jr. and Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who were previously announced.<\/p>\n<p>The pitching staff has also been significantly reinforced with the addition of left-handed relievers Wandy Peralta and Gregory Soto. Peralta will bring control and experience, while Soto will add power to the bullpen.<\/p>\n<p>The Dominican Republic will begin its participation in Group D of the World Baseball Classic on March 6, facing Nicaragua at 7:00 PM (Eastern Time) at loanDepot park in Miami.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ketel Marte Reinforces Dominican Republic for the 2026 World Baseball Classic The Dominican Republic baseball team strengthens for the 2026 World Baseball Classic with the incorporation of Ketel Marte, a prominent Major League player. The versatile infielder will once again represent his country in the prestigious international tournament. Ketel Marte, known as &#8220;el ni\u00f1o de [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,1271,2253,5529],"class_list":{"0":"post-106363","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-ketel-marte","11":"tag-world-classic"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106363","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=106363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}