Because of the time he’s been here, the leadership he has demonstrated throughout this process and in recent years, we understand that it should be Manny Machado.<\/p>Nelson Cruz<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nMachado, recognized for his consistency in the Major Leagues in the last decade, has been a fundamental element in previous participations of the Dominican selection. His voice is respected both on and off the field.\n\nIf named captain, Machado would strengthen the internal leadership of the Dominican team, which will seek to conquer the World Baseball Classic title again, combining talent, experience, and unity.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manny Machado, Leading Candidate to Captain the Dominican Republic in the 2026 World Baseball Classic Santo Domingo \u2013 Manny Machado’s experience and leadership make him the main candidate to captain the Dominican Republic team in the next World Baseball Classic 2026, according to statements by the team’s general manager, Nelson Cruz. After the official presentation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,1177,929,3516],"class_list":{"0":"post-107157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-captain","10":"tag-classic","11":"tag-manny-machado"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107157","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=107157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}