Rosters (and possibilities/non-possibilities) of the World Baseball Classic as of 12:13 PM of Jan. 14, 2013

Posted on January 14, 2013 by danglickman

Today’s news so far:

Tyler LaTorre, who is in the Giants system, is expected to play for Italy in the WBC.
Another player who may be playing for Italia: Anthony Rizzo of the Cubs.
Miguel Tejada will be a part of the Dominican Republic team.
According to Yakyu Baka, at least four players in the NPB or it’s minor leagues have been selected by the Chinese Taipei national team for the WBC: I-Cheng Wang, Yi-Hao Lin, Dai-Kang Yang and Yao-Hsun Yang.
Speaking of which, the Chinese Taipei team has apparently been officially released, but… the article I found didn’t actually list the roster, besides mentioning the previously-announced Hong-Chih Kuo and Chien-Ming Wang are on the roster and that Che-Hsuan Lin (who is now with the Astros and had a cup of coffee with the Red Sox) is as well. If I find the full list, I’ll let all of you know.

The current rosters as well as possibilities and non-possibilities (impossibilities?) for the World Baseball Classic teams are below the jump:

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Famous for Something Else: Mario Cuomo

Posted on January 14, 2013 by danglickman

In “Famous for Something Else”, we look at how people famous for things other than baseball did during their baseball careers.

Mario Cuomo was governor of New York State from 1983 to 1994. But in his younger days, he played baseball:

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1952	20	Brunswick	GAFL	D	PIT	81		254		62	10	2	1						.244		.311		79
1 Season						81	254	254		62	10	2	1						.244	.244	.311	.555	79

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 1/13/2013.

Late World Baseball Classic news for January 13, 2013 (Part 3 of probably 3)

Posted on January 13, 2013 by danglickman

Okay, last update for the night… I hope.

In his article on the latest round of players to commit to Team USA, Jon Heyman mentions that Troy Tulowitzki will be held back from Team USA do to injury concerns. I had read elsewhere that Tulowitzki wanted to play in the WBC almost specifically to show how healthy he was, but maybe the Rockies are stopping him.
Adam Wainwright won’t be pitching in the WBC… but then again, he wasn’t even invited.
Barry M. Boom’s list of players who have committed to Team USA includes Jimmy Rollins, the first confirmation in recent days that he’ll be on the roster.
And, perhaps the biggest news:

Bullpen at least Kimbrel, Gregerson, Perez. Verlander possible as a later add. Victorino on bench. US will carry three catchers. Still TBD.

— Barry M. Bloom (@Boomskie) January 14, 2013

@boomskie What does “later add” mean? As in he’s not sure yet, or as in “he’ll be ready in the second round”?

— Dan J. Glickman (@DanJGlickman) January 14, 2013

@danjglickman Will determine before March 7 if he’s in shape enough to pitch. Basically up to Verlander.

— Barry M. Bloom (@Boomskie) January 14, 2013

Okay, so there you go: Justin Verlander will take part if he feels up to it. And there is still room for one more catcher on the roster (Posey? Wieters? Ellis?).

More WBC news as we get closer to roster day on Thursday.

Late World Baseball Classic news for January 13, 2013 (Part 2 of an undetermined number)

Posted on January 13, 2013 by danglickman

Okay, more news on Team USA, this time from Jon Heyman of MLB Network and CBSsports.com:

R.A. Dickey, Andy Pettitte & Ryan Vogelsong in team USA rotation for wbc. story coming on @cbssports

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) January 13, 2013

Braves star Craig Kimbrel, indians teammates Chris Perez & Vinnie Pestano plus Luke Gregerson will be in Team USA’s pen. — Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) January 13, 2013

Team USA will be announced Thursday. more stars will be named. #USA — Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) January 13, 2013

So, the big news from these that we didn’t already know:

R.A. Dickey and Ryan Vogelsong, who had been mentioned as possibilities, are now probable. Luke Gregerson, Padres’ middle reliever, is also in, and continues to give good depth to the US bullpen. And Heyman says that there are more “stars” to be named. Take of that as you will.

I’ll have something on the Team USA players revealed so far either late tonight or sometime tomorrow.

Late World Baseball Classic news for January 13, 2013 (Part 1 of an undetermined number)

Posted on January 13, 2013 by danglickman

Okay, late news on the World Baseball Classic:

As a patriotic song once said, “The Yanks are coming, The Yanks are coming!” In this case (according to Barry M. Bloom of MLB.com), it’s Mark Teixeira (who played for the USA in the ’06 classic) and Andy Pettitte (the first starting pitcher to be firmly said to probably be in the WBC). Given the fact that usually very few Yankees play in the WBC, this could be a credit to the pull of Joe Torre.
Miguel Tejada hasn’t received a invitation to play for the Dominican Republic yet, apparently, so some of his fans are starting to campaign for him on Twitter.

More news as it happens

Thursday is World Baseball Classic Roster Day

Posted on January 13, 2013 by danglickman

At least, according to Barry M. Bloom of MLB.com it is:

WBC roster announcements according to @mlb: 10 am ET Thurs for USA, 4 pm for rest on MLB Net. MLB.com with complete coverage.

— Barry M. Bloom (@Boomskie) January 13, 2013

Judging by the time of 10 AM, I’m guessing that we will see the rosters revealed on the Hot Stove program of MLB Network. MLB Network will likely have a special about the rest at 4 (EDITED IN LATER: Yes, they will.). And I, of course, will be doing reviews and news on the Continuum as well.

Rosters (and possibilities/non-possibilities) of the World Baseball Classic as of 2:44 PM of Jan. 13, 2013

Posted on January 13, 2013 by danglickman

The list is a bit different this time, set up by COUNTRY, not IN/OUT/IN-BETWEEN. This is being done because more players are joining or turning down invites by the day.

Today’s news:

Albert Pujols, who you may have heard of before, will play for the Dominican Republic unless his surgically-repaired right knee takes a bad turn.
Francisco Cervelli, who is of Italian descent and represented them last time, is not sure if he will do so this time around, as he fights for a starting job with the Yankees.
Jon Heyman confirms that Bruce Chen, who is of Chinese descent (but lives in Panama which didn’t qualify) will probably play.

Go below the jump for the WBC rosters as they look now, along with possibilities and non-possibilities (impossibilities?) for each team. The teams are in alphabetical order:

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Russell Wilson probably made the right decision

Posted on January 13, 2013 by danglickman

Russell Wilson plays for the Seattle Seahawks today, but he once played in the Colorado Rockies organization.

Looking at his career .229 BA, I’d say he probably made the right decision.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
2010	21	Tri-City	NORW	A-	COL	32	143	122	18	28	4	4	2	11	4	6	16	36	.230	.336	.377	.713	46	4	4	0	1
2011	22	Asheville	SALL	A	COL	61	236	193	40	44	5	4	3	15	15	2	35	82	.228	.366	.342	.708	66	2	7	1	0
2 Seasons						93	379	315	58	72	9	8	5	26	19	8	51	118	.229	.354	.356	.710	112	6	11	1	1

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 1/13/2013.

Late World Baseball Classic news for January 12 (Part 2 of who-knows-how-many, 9:20 PM)

Posted on January 12, 2013 by danglickman

Well, two more commitments for the WBC since 6 o’clock: Chris Perez and Vinnie Pestano, both relievers (and good ones) for the Cleveland Indians.

I am happy to say that I will be pitching for Team USA in the upcoming 2013 WBC.#Honored #Humbled #Ready

— Chris Perez (@ChrisPerez54) January 12, 2013

Just got the second best phone call of my career. I’m going to be wearing the Stars and Stripes in the WBC. #trulyhonored #childhooddream

— Vinnie Pestano (@VinnieP52) January 12, 2013

Oh, and Danny Valencia, who may have played had Team Israel qualified, realized a pattern in a lot of these WBC tweets, decided to make a little joke:

Joe Torre did NOT call me. I am NOT going to play in the #WBC

— Danny Valencia (@dannyvalencia19) January 13, 2013

More tomorrow and in the coming days.

Late World Baseball Classic news for January 12 (Part 1 of who-knows-how-many, 6:00 PM)

Posted on January 12, 2013 by danglickman

World Baseball Classic news that I didn’t have during my “Who’s In/Out/In-Between” and my other posts earlier today. They will be edited in to tomorrow’s edition of my listings for the WBC:

Mike Trout won’t be playing for Team USA, opting to go into camp for what will be his first full year in the big leagues. While this is a big publicity hit for the WBC (since it will now lack both Trout and Bryce Harper, the two big rookie phenoms of last season), it probably won’t hurt Team USA that much, thanks to the heavy depth of outfield choices (Ryan Braun, Adam Jones and Shane Victorino have already confirmed, for example, and there have been past indications about Jay Bruce and/or Giancarlo Stanton).
Oh, and speak of the devil: Giancarlo Stanton is in for Team USA! Seriously, I read that shortly after I finished typing his name above.
Jason Bay isn’t on the Canadian roster because he has to fight for a spot in the Mariners lineup (wow, how the mighty have fallen), Jeff Francis is a similar deal. However, as I mentioned in my post about Canada’s first 23, Joey Votto is going to play so long as he passes a physical for insurance purposes. Also, there is a small flicker of hope on Ryan Dempster.

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Rosters (and possibilities/non-possibilities) of the World Baseball Classic as of 12:13 PM of Jan. 14, 2013

Famous for Something Else: Mario Cuomo

Late World Baseball Classic news for January 13, 2013 (Part 3 of probably 3)

Late World Baseball Classic news for January 13, 2013 (Part 2 of an undetermined number)

Late World Baseball Classic news for January 13, 2013 (Part 1 of an undetermined number)

Thursday is World Baseball Classic Roster Day

Rosters (and possibilities/non-possibilities) of the World Baseball Classic as of 2:44 PM of Jan. 13, 2013

Russell Wilson probably made the right decision

Late World Baseball Classic news for January 12 (Part 2 of who-knows-how-many, 9:20 PM)

Late World Baseball Classic news for January 12 (Part 1 of who-knows-how-many, 6:00 PM)

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