{"id":106634,"date":"2026-02-03T04:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T08:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/cuban-lows-ten-mlb-players-out-of-the-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T04:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T08:57:12","slug":"cuban-lows-ten-mlb-players-out-of-the-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/cuban-lows-ten-mlb-players-out-of-the-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban Lows: Ten MLB Players Out of the World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lowest Scores in the Cuban Baseball Selection for the World Baseball Classic<\/h2>\n\nGardener V\u00edctor Labrada and infielder Ernesto Mart\u00ednez join the list of Major League players who will not participate in the VI World Baseball Classic, raising to ten the absences in the Cuban team. The tournament will be held from March 5 to 17, 2026.\n\nThese recently announced decisions impact the formation of the team that will represent Cuba in the international event.\n\n\n

V\u00edctor Labrada<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nLabrada, belonging to the Seattle Mariners, has chosen to prioritize Spring Training, to which he was invited by his organization.\n\nErnesto Mart\u00ednez, for his part, will also focus on Spring Training, seeking to secure a spot on the New York Yankees roster for the start of the next MLB season.\n\nBoth players were part of the list of 35 players that, according to what was leaked, the Cuban Baseball and Softball Federation (FCBS) would have presented to the organizers of the Classic.\n\nThe list of absences, along with Labrada and Martinez, includes Yunior Tur, Daysbel Hernandez, Lazaro Estrada, Jorge Marcheco, Rafael Sanchez, Andy Ibanez, and Andy Pages.\n\nSilvano Hechavarr\u00eda, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays, will also miss the Classic due to an injury, with no defined return date to action.\n\n\n

We are not in the minds of those players, I cannot speak for them.<\/p>Germ\u00e1n Mesa, coach of the Cuba team<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nFaced with the situation, the technical director of the Cuba team, Germ\u00e1n Mesa, limited himself to commenting that each player is free to make their own decisions.\n\nDespite the setbacks, there is a possibility that Yoan Moncada, who already participated in Team Asere in 2023, will join the Cuban team. It is expected that the player will have the approval of the insurance.\n\nAlong with Moncada, right-handed pitcher Yariel Rodr\u00edguez could be another of the Major League players present in the Cuban team. Rodr\u00edguez received authorization from the Blue Jays, although with restrictions on his participation.\n\nParallel to the news about the absences, the National Commission of this sport on the Island (CNB) announced a disciplinary sanction against the pitcher Yunieski Garc\u00eda.\n\nGarc\u00eda, involved in an incident during the playoffs of the National Series, will miss four games.\n\nThe measure, based on the disciplinary regulations, prevents Garc\u00eda from participating in the start of the semifinals.\n\nThe Commission took into account the seriousness of the incident, the absence of similar precedents, and the fan’s behavior.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lowest Scores in the Cuban Baseball Selection for the World Baseball Classic Gardener V\u00edctor Labrada and infielder Ernesto Mart\u00ednez join the list of Major League players who will not participate in the VI World Baseball Classic, raising to ten the absences in the Cuban team. The tournament will be held from March 5 to 17, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[2669,344,604,2010],"class_list":{"0":"post-106634","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-cuba","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-players","11":"tag-world-baseball-classic"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106634","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=106634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}