{"id":110823,"date":"2026-03-01T16:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T20:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/dr-starts-preparation-in-miami-for-the-2026-world-baseball-classic-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T16:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T20:29:09","slug":"dr-starts-preparation-in-miami-for-the-2026-world-baseball-classic-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/dr-starts-preparation-in-miami-for-the-2026-world-baseball-classic-2\/","title":{"rendered":"DR Starts Preparation in Miami for the 2026 World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"Miami, Florida \u2013 The Dominican Republic national team began its preparation for the 2026 World Baseball Classic with its first official practice in Miami this Sunday.\n\nThe training session marked the beginning of the final stage of preparation for the international tournament.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leadership and Enthusiasm on the Field<\/h2>\n\n\nThe training 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, focusing on the team&#8217;s concentration and integration.\n\nThe practice brought together the Dominican stars of Major League Baseball, who joined on the field for the first time wearing the tricolor jersey.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stars in Action<\/h2>\n\n\nAmong the position players who participated 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. These athletes performed batting routines, fielding, and defensive exercises.\n\nIn the mound, pitchers 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 worked on their pitches.\n\nThe practice was attended by the 30 players called up for the Dominican roster, marking a milestone in the team&#8217;s preparation.\n\nSoto, Tatis Jr., Machado, and Wells highlighted the pride of representing their country in the World Baseball Classic.\n\nThe session was characterized by the good atmosphere among the players. There were smiles, mutual support, and a growing chemistry within the group.\n\nCruz and Pujols emphasized the importance of preparation, discipline, and teamwork to achieve the tournament&#8217;s goals.\n\nN\u00fa\u00f1ez valued the commitment of each player in this first concentration.\n\nWith this practice in Miami, the Dominican selection begins its strategic preparation for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami, Florida \u2013 The Dominican Republic national team began its preparation for the 2026 World Baseball Classic with its first official practice in Miami this Sunday. The training session marked the beginning of the final stage of preparation for the international tournament. Leadership and Enthusiasm on the Field The training was supervised by Juan N\u00fa\u00f1ez, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":110824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,1271,2441,5529],"class_list":{"0":"post-110823","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\/110823","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=110823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}