{"id":106575,"date":"2026-02-02T16:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/machado-bolsters-dr-third-participation-in-the-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T16:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:56:00","slug":"machado-bolsters-dr-third-participation-in-the-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/machado-bolsters-dr-third-participation-in-the-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Machado Bolsters DR: Third Participation in the World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo \u2013 The Dominican Baseball Federation (Fedom) announced the incorporation of the renowned third baseman Manny Machado to the team that will represent the Dominican Republic in the 2026 World Baseball Classic.\n\nThis will be the third time Machado defends the nation&#8217;s colors in this prestigious international tournament.\n\nMachado, one of the most outstanding figures in Major League Baseball, will once again wear the tricolor uniform after his previous participations in the Classic. He will bring leadership, experience, and an elite defense in the infield, in addition to his recognized offensive impact.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The player has reiterated on multiple occasions his commitment and pride in representing the Dominican Republic in international competitions.<\/p><cite>Statements by Manny Machado<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nConsidered one of the best third basemen of his generation, Machado is consolidating as a key piece in the Dominican team.\n\nThe presence of Machado significantly strengthens the Dominican roster, which continues to add high-caliber names with the aim of once again conquering the top of world baseball in the 2026 edition.\n\nThe Dominican Baseball Federation is working hard on configuring a balanced and competitive team, combining experience, young talent, and leadership. These elements are fundamental to face a short-format and high-demand tournament.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo \u2013 The Dominican Baseball Federation (Fedom) announced the incorporation of the renowned third baseman Manny Machado to the team that will represent the Dominican Republic in the 2026 World Baseball Classic. This will be the third time Machado defends the nation&#8217;s colors in this prestigious international tournament. Machado, one of the most outstanding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,929,1271,3516],"class_list":{"0":"post-106575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-classic","10":"tag-dominican-republic","11":"tag-manny-machado"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106575","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=106575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}