Surprisingly, the provisional rosters for the WBC will be released in January this time around, at least for Team USA. I saw some rumors about this earlier, and it mainly has to do with the fact that the teams that had to go through qualifiers and some logistics dealing with the Asian bracket are what delayed it.

Expect the beginnings of more projections in the next few days, but here’s a list of players we KNOW have committed to the World Baseball Classic, as well as who we KNOW to be out. Go after the jump for it.

IN (OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED BY THE WBC):

Ryan Rowland-Smith- Australia

Luke Hughes- Australia

Yan Gomes- Brazil

Andrew Rienzo- Brazil

Justin Morneau- Canada

Brett Lawrie- Canada

Chien-Ming Wang- Chinese Taipei

Hong-Chih Kuo- Chinese Taipei

Ray Chang- China

Wei Wang- China

Yuliesky Gourriel- Cuba

Freddy Asiel Alvarez- Cuba

Robinson Cano- Dominican

Jose Reyes- Dominican

Alex Liddi- Italy

Jason Grilli- Italy

Shinnosuke Abe- Japan

Masahiro Tanaka- Japan

Seung Yeop Lee- Korea

Dae Ho Lee- Korea

Adrian Gonzalez- Mexico

Jaime Garcia- Mexico (could depend on health)

Andruw Jones- Netherlands

Roger Bernadina- Netherlands

Carlos Beltran- Puerto Rico

Yadier Molina- Puerto Rico

Engel Beltre- Spain

Francisco Figueroa- Spain

David Wright- USA

Joe Mauer- USA

Miguel Cabrera- Venezuela

Pablo Sandoval- Venezuela

POSSIBLY (not officially confirmed by WBC Inc, but said by other sources):

Carlos Zambrano- Venezuela

Felix Hernandez- Venezuela

Dustin Pedroia- USA (will depend on recovery from finger surgery)

Ryan Vogelsong- USA (was at WBC News Conference when details for 2013 edition were first announced)

Edwin Encarnacion- Dominican

Wilin Rosario- Dominican

Octavio Dotel- Dominican

Starlin Marte- Dominican

Carlos Santana- Dominican

Ervin Satana- Dominican

Edinson Volquez- Dominican

Carlos Gomez- Dominican

Albert Pujols- Dominican

Wladimr Balentien- Netherlands
Probably? (were on initial list- possibly a first draft- put out by WBC but not in the second one they tweeted):

Grant Balfour- Australia

Sergio Romo- Mexico

Luis Cruz- Mexico

Edgar Gonzalez- Mexico

UNDER CONSIDERATION (haven’t officially been called yet, apparently, but have been mentioned as possibilities or have said they’d like to):

Mike Trout- USA

Clayton Kershaw- USA

Troy Tulowitzki- USA

Giancarlo Stanton -USA

Paul Konerko- USA

Buster Posey- USA

Starlin Castro- Dominican Republic

Hector Santiago- Puerto Rico

OUT:

David Price

Alex Rodriguez (Injured)

Derek Jeter (injured)

Evan Longoria (injured)

Matt Kemp (coming off injury)

Chris Sale and Jake Peavy (reportedly not on early but unreleased provisional roster)

Most Japanese MLB players (most are free agents)

Shin-Soo Choo

Johan Santana (injured)

Joakim Soria (with new team and recovering from injuries)

Victor Martinez (coming off of a injury)

Liam Hendriks- Australia (note that he was on the original list for Australia, but apparently he’s had some off-season elbow trouble and won’t be able to take part)

Chase Headley (not asked, per Bill Shaikin)