{"id":107194,"date":"2026-02-07T04:58:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T08:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/machado-candidate-for-rd-captain-in-the-2026-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T04:58:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T08:58:21","slug":"machado-candidate-for-rd-captain-in-the-2026-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/machado-candidate-for-rd-captain-in-the-2026-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Machado, candidate for RD captain in the 2026 World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Manny Machado, Leading Candidate to Captain the Dominican Republic in the 2026 World Baseball Classic<\/h2>\n\nSanto Domingo \u2013 Manny Machado&#8217;s experience and leadership profile him as the main candidate to be the captain of the Dominican Republic team in the next World Baseball Classic 2026, according to statements by the team&#8217;s general manager, Nelson Cruz.\n\nDuring a meeting with media and fans, after the official presentation of the tournament rosters, Cruz indicated that the management is formally considering the designation of the star third baseman, highlighting his career, commitment, and influence within the team.\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_losdominicanos\/status\/1990499776918663686\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mr. Minister and Captain \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf4 Manny Machado is the captain of the Dominican Republic team in the #WorldBaseballClassic \u26be\ufe0f #DominicanoYYa<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>For the time he has been here, the leadership he has shown throughout this process and in recent years, we understand that it should be Manny Machado.<\/p><cite>Nelson Cruz<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nMachado, recognized for his consistency in Major League Baseball in the last decade, has been a key element in previous participations of the Dominican selection. His voice is respected both on and off the field.\n\nMachado&#8217;s selection as captain would strengthen the Dominican team&#8217;s internal leadership approach, which will seek to conquer the World Baseball Classic title again with a combination of talent, experience, and group unity.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manny Machado, Leading Candidate to Captain the Dominican Republic in the 2026 World Baseball Classic Santo Domingo \u2013 Manny Machado&#8217;s experience and leadership profile him as the main candidate to be the captain of the Dominican Republic team in the next World Baseball Classic 2026, according to statements by the team&#8217;s general manager, Nelson Cruz. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,1177,929,3516],"class_list":{"0":"post-107194","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\/107194","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=107194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}