As of 10:03 PM of December 4, 2012, here’s who is IN and OUT of the 2013 WBC

Here’s an update of yesterday’s post. To save space, go after the jump to see the list.

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

(And 28 of the 34 players on the provisional roster of Japan, presumably)

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)

Craig Kimbrel- USA

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

Pedro Strop- Dominican

Hanley Ramirez- Dominican

Wladimr Balentien- Netherlands

Javier Vazquez- Puerto Rico (coming out retirement to do it!)
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 (Bruce Bochy has said he would prefer he doesn’t, but won’t stop him if he wants to)

Starlin Castro- Dominican Republic

Hector Santiago- Puerto Rico

PROBABLY OUT (has officially been asked but probably won’t, although there isn’t a firm no yet):

Wei-Yin Chen- Taipei (had said he wouldn’t because of his newborn child, but apparently isn’t officially out yet)

Jim Johnson- USA (“Likely won’t“)

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)

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