{"id":110819,"date":"2026-03-01T16:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T20:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/dr-starts-preparation-in-miami-for-the-2026-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T16:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T20:00:24","slug":"dr-starts-preparation-in-miami-for-the-2026-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/dr-starts-preparation-in-miami-for-the-2026-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"DR starts preparation in Miami for the 2026 World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"Miami, Florida. The Dominican Republic&#8217;s national team, ready for the 2026 World Baseball Classic, held its first official practice in Miami this Sunday, marking the beginning of the final preparation phase for the international tournament.\n\nThe training session was supervised by Juan N\u00fa\u00f1ez, president of the Dominican Baseball Federation, along with general manager Nelson Cruz and manager Albert Pujols. The coaching staff was also present, overseeing the work in an atmosphere of concentration and enthusiasm.\n\nIn the field, the Dominican stars of Major League Baseball coincided for the first time, wearing the tricolor jersey. Among the position players present were Juan Soto, Fernando Tatis Jr., Julio Rodr\u00edguez, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Ketel Marte, Manny Machado, Geraldo Perdomo, Junior Caminero, Austin Wells, Carlos Santana, Jeremy Pe\u00f1a, Oneil Cruz, Amed Rosario and Agust\u00edn Ram\u00edrez. They participated in batting routines, fielding, and defensive exercises.\n\nIn the mound, the pitchers called up, including Brayan Bello, Luis Severino, Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara, Carlos Est\u00e9vez, Seranthony Dom\u00ednguez, Camilo Doval, Wandy Peralta, Dennis Santana, Gregory Soto, Edwin Uceta, Huascar Brazob\u00e1n, Abner Uribe, Albert Abreu and Cristopher S\u00e1nchez, also worked. This pitching staff combines youth, power and experience.\n\nThe 30 players called up for the Dominican roster were present, which represented a key moment in the team&#8217;s preparation.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>At the end of the day, figures like Soto, Tatis Jr., Machado, and Wells agreed in highlighting the pride of wearing the Dominican uniform in the World Baseball Classic, emphasizing the commitment and responsibility of representing their country in one of the most important international baseball events.<\/p><cite>&#8230;<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nIn addition to the technical work, the session stood out for the good atmosphere among the players, with smiles, mutual support and a growing group chemistry.\n\nDuring training sessions, Cruz and Pujols emphasized the importance of preparation, discipline, and teamwork. N\u00fa\u00f1ez valued the commitment of each player.\n\nWith this practice in Miami, the Dominican selection begins its strategic preparation, seeking an outstanding performance in the 2026 World Baseball Classic.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami, Florida. The Dominican Republic&#8217;s national team, ready for the 2026 World Baseball Classic, held its first official practice in Miami this Sunday, marking the beginning of the final preparation phase for the international tournament. The training session was supervised by Juan N\u00fa\u00f1ez, president of the Dominican Baseball Federation, along with general manager Nelson Cruz [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":110820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,1271,2441,5529],"class_list":{"0":"post-110819","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-miami","11":"tag-world-classic"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110819","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=110819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}