They arrived\u2026 \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf4\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf4\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe team’s activities are part of the pre-tournament program, which includes training sessions, integration meetings, and technical work sessions before the official start of the championship.\n\nThe Dominican team, which will be directed by former slugger Albert Pujols, will bring together several of the main figures of Major League Baseball, including star outfielder Juan Soto, among other players who make up one of the most competitive teams in the tournament.\n\nThe Dominican selection will begin its schedule of training and preparation matches in the coming days before its debut in the 2026 World Baseball Classic, an event that brings together the main baseball powers internationally.\n\nWith the arrival of the players and the start of activities, the Dominican team officially enters the final phase of preparation for the expected World Cup.\n\nThe first joint practice is scheduled for Sunday, March 1st at LoanDepot Park, home of the Dominican group and the stage where the team will make its debut in the tournament. This training will mark the formal start of the final preparation stage with most of the roster gathered.\n\nOn Monday morning, the entire delegation will travel to the Dominican Republic on the same flight, complying with a regulation established by the tournament organizers that requires all team members \u2014 players, coaches, and technical staff \u2014 to travel together.\n\nThis provision will also apply during the concentration in the country, as everyone must travel on the team’s official bus, without individual travel.\n\nAlready in Santo Domingo, the team will hold its first training session that same Monday at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium starting at 4:00 p.m. The practice will be open to the public and will have availability for the press, including statements from general manager Nelson Cruz and manager Albert Pujols.\n\nThat same night, team members will participate in a private dinner with President Luis Abinader.\n\nAs part of the preparation, on Tuesday, March 3, the Dominican selection will play its first exhibition game against the Detroit Tigers at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium. Batting practice is scheduled for 4:30 in the afternoon, while the match will start at 7:05 p.m.\n\nBoth teams will face each other again on Wednesday, March 4th in another preparation game, scheduled for 3:05 p.m., with batting practice around 12:30 p.m.\n\nAfter concluding these commitments, the Dominican team will return to Miami to finalize details before their expected debut in the tournament, scheduled for Friday against Nicaragua.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nelson Cruz Welcomes to the Dominican Republic National Team for the 2026 World Baseball Classic The general manager of the Dominican selection, Nelson Cruz, welcomed the players who will represent the Dominican Republic in the 2026 World Baseball Classic. The athletes began to integrate in Miami to start the activities prior to the important international […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":110830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[9374,88,1271,5529],"class_list":{"0":"post-110829","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-albert-pujols","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-dominican-republic","11":"tag-world-classic"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110829","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=110829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}