{"id":107045,"date":"2026-02-06T04:57:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/dominican-republic-unveils-stellar-roster-for-the-2026-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T04:57:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:57:37","slug":"dominican-republic-unveils-stellar-roster-for-the-2026-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/dominican-republic-unveils-stellar-roster-for-the-2026-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican Republic unveils stellar roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Dominican Republic Unveils its All-Star Roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic<\/h2>\n\nSanto Domingo \u2013 The Dominican baseball team has announced the official roster that will represent the country in the upcoming 2026 World Baseball Classic. The team, packed with Major League stars and with remarkable depth in all positions, promises to make a splash.\n\nThe starting lineup presented is impressive, with renowned figures in each position.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Juan Soto in the outfield<\/li>\n<li>Julio Rodr\u00edguez in center<\/li>\n<li>Fernando Tatis Jr. in right<\/li>\n<li>Manny Machado at third base<\/li>\n<li>Geraldo Perdomo at shortstop<\/li>\n<li>Ketel Marte at second base<\/li>\n<li>Vladimir Guerrero Jr. at first base<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nThe bench also has high-quality players such as Oneil Cruz, Jeremy Pe\u00f1a, Agust\u00edn Ram\u00edrez, Johan Rojas, Amed Rosario and Carlos Santana, with Austin Wells as the starting catcher.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top-Tier Pitcher Body<\/h2>\n\n\nThe pitching staff is equally well-endowed, with names that stand out internationally:\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara<\/li>\n<li>Cristopher S\u00e1nchez<\/li>\n<li>Brayan Bello<\/li>\n<li>Luis Severino<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nThe bullpen includes experienced pitchers such as Albert Abreu, Elvis Alvarado, Hu\u00e1scar Brzozv\u00e1n, Seranthony Dom\u00ednguez, Camilo Doval, Carlos Est\u00e9vez, Dennis Santana, Gregory Soto, Edwin Uceta, and Abner Uribe.\n\n\n<p>This 30-player roster was officially sent to Major League Baseball (MLB) by the management of the Dominican selection for the tournament. The team was formed thanks to the joint work led by general manager Nelson Cruz, with the support of the president of the Dominican Baseball Federation, Juan N\u00fa\u00f1ez, and an advisory staff made up of Hall of Fame figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The official announcement of the rosters was scheduled by the event organization for the day after the delivery.<\/p><cite>Event organization<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dominican Republic Unveils its All-Star Roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic Santo Domingo \u2013 The Dominican baseball team has announced the official roster that will represent the country in the upcoming 2026 World Baseball Classic. The team, packed with Major League stars and with remarkable depth in all positions, promises to make a splash. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,1271,2619,5529],"class_list":{"0":"post-107045","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-roster","11":"tag-world-classic"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107045","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=107045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}