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.

The first 23 players of Team Canada have been revealed

Posted on January 12, 2013 by danglickman

Canada has released the first 23 players who are officially on their provisional roster, here’s a photo of the roster that they released on Twitter:

Now, a few notes on this roster:

Joey Votto is still expected to take part, he just needs to get some insurance paperwork done before it’s official:

Joey Votto expected to play for Canadabut needs to work through some insurance issues. Dempster, who just signed with Red Sox, less clear

— Shi Davidi (@ShiDavidi) January 12, 2013

Ryan Dempster, as mentioned above, is less clear. He hasn’t pitched in past WBCs for certain reasons but it had been hinted at that he might this time (although to the best of my knowledge he himself hadn’t). While he is not on the roster as of now, he could still possibly be put on it later, as Team Canada has only released 23 of the 28 player names. However, Dempster will be heading into his first season with the Red Sox, which makes it unlikely that he will for two reasons:

1) Players (but especially pitchers) joining new teams are often less likely to take part in the WBC.

2) The Red Sox, after the grand Daisuke Matsuzaka debacle of 2009 (when he, according to some sources, hid an injury so that he could continue pitching for Team Japan), are probably the most gunshy team this side of the Yankees when it comes to the WBC, so are probably going to do everything that they are allowed to do (a club cannot unilaterally bar a player from the WBC unless they have an injury) to keep him from playing.
Anyway, continue coming to The Baseball Continuum for more WBC news in the coming days.

Also, the probably-final roster for the Korean National Team at the WBC

Posted on January 12, 2013 by danglickman

Dan from MyKBO sent this along to me, although I may have tweeted it earlier this week: what is expected to be the final roster for the Korean national team for the World Baseball Classic, complete with uniform numbers, uniform names (because of the commonality of names like Kim and Lee, initials are common in Korea) and the team they play for usually:

Barring injuries or last-minute dropouts, this will almost certainly be the team that Korea puts out in March. As expected, it is almost entirely made up of KBO players, with two exceptions: Dae-Ho Lee, who now is with the Orix Buffalo of the NPB, and pitcher Won-Jun Jang, who plays for the Police team of the Korean Futures League. The Police team is made up of players who are doing their required two years of national service (all able-bodied Korean males need to do military service), and it’s likely that Jang would likely be in the KBO if he wasn’t doing his service.

I’ll have a more in-depth look at this roster sometime in the future.

Yes, the Canadians are revealing (most of) their roster today

Posted on January 12, 2013 by danglickman

At 3:30, to be exact:

Banner ready for @wbcbaseball Team Canada Provisional Roster announcement at 3:30 PM ET today (23 names only) twitter.com/baseballcanada…

— Baseball Canada (@baseballcanada) January 12, 2013

Who’s in/out/in-between of the World Baseball Classic as of 11:18 AM of Jan. 12, 2013

Posted on January 12, 2013 by danglickman

NOTE: SINCE THIS WAS PUT UP THIS MORNING MORE NEWS HAS COME OUT. GO TO THE FRONT PAGE FOR THE LATEST.

Lots more news on the World Baseball Classic:

The bullpen of Team USA is starting to shape up. Middle-reliever Glen Perkins, one of the few bright spots for the Minnesota Twins last season, has confirmed he’s been called by Joe Torre and accepted an invite. So, into possibly/likely he goes. Joe Nathan of the Rangers, meanwhile, has said he’s considering an invite that Joe Torre has given him.
Adam Ottavino, an Italian-American who pitched for Italia in the past, will be passing this year.
Miguel Gonzalez, part of the Oriole pitching staff last season, has been invited to play for Mexico. He’s checking with the Orioles first, though. Therefore, I’m putting him in possibly/likely for now, mainly because I don’t have a “checking with the club” sub-list.
By the way, apparently a large amount of the Canadian team will be revealed later today, as I mentioned a few days ago.

The full list is below the jump:

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Who’s in/out/in-between of the World Baseball Classic as of 2:30 PM of Jan. 11, 2013

Posted on January 11, 2013 by danglickman

Today’s World Baseball Classic news as of about 2:30 PM and a reminder that, as more WBC news continues to trickle in, keep an eye out later for any later updates:

Adam Jones is in for Team USA. The USA outfield is shaping up well, with Jones, Ryan Braun and Shane Victorino already committed and players like Mike Trout, Giancarlo Stanton and Jay Bruce remaining as good possibilities.
It’s again been confirmed that Adrian Beltre will probably be suiting up for the Dominican, but there’s also new news that Nelson Cruz will also be playing for the Dominican. (The article also notes that Yu Darvish won’t be playing for Japan- much to the Rangers’ relief- but we’ve known that for awhile now).
A tweet by Brandon Phillips seems to indicate he’ll be playing in the WBC. He already was in possibly/likely, but I’ve noted that this seems to mean that he’s accepted.
A Venezuelan website says that Felix Doubront intends to play for Venezuela in the WBC. I’m putting him in as possibly/likely.
Similarly, Jhoulys Chacin of the Rockies wants to play for Venezuela.
Continuing the Venezuelan commitments, Salvador Perez of the Royals will probably be on the team.
Similarly, Jeanmar Gomez, a pitcher who is now with the Pirates, also wants to play for Venezuela, but there is no definitive answer yet. So, I’m putting him in the under consideration list.

As usual, the entirety of the list is after the jump:

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Six days or so until 28-man rosters come out for the World Baseball Classic

Posted on January 11, 2013 by danglickman

Saw this from MLB.com’s Angels beat writer Alden Gonzalez:

Preliminary 28-man rosters for all 16 clubs participating in the World Baseball Classic will be announced next Thursday, the 17th.

— Alden Gonzalez (@Alden_Gonzalez) January 11, 2013

So, yeah, there you go. The preliminary rosters for the WBC will be revealed on January 17.

Of course, I’ll continue doing the “Who’s in/out/in-between”, and in fact I should have another one up later today.

I’ve updated today’s earlier WBC news.

Posted on January 10, 2013 by danglickman

Just a heads-up for anybody reading this blog for WBC news, but two more items of World Baseball Classic news came about shortly after today’s post:

Jonathan Lucroy of the Brewers has tweeted that he’ll be playing.
Andrew McCutchen apparently has declined.

I’ve updated the previous blog post to include this, for those interested.

Who’s in/out/in-between of the World Baseball Classic as of 1:19 PM of Jan. 10, 2013 (updated AT 4:31 PM)

Posted on January 10, 2013 by danglickman

Today’s World Baseball Classic news- depending on whether any more news comes out, there could be another update tonight:

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Phillies don’t expect to lose many players to the WBC. They are likely to lose Phillippe Aumont to Canada (possibly/likely), and possibly Tyson Gillies as well to the Canadians (under consideration). And, of course, Jimmy Rollins is a possible player for Team USA, but we knew that already, although for some reason I neglected to put that down.
Adam Rubin of ESPN New York tweeted out that former Mets farmhand (and current indy-leaguer) Jonathan Malo will be playing for Canada. Into possibly/likely he goes.
In Venezuela, some players who likely won’t be taking part as they try and get starting spots out of Spring Training: Henderson Alvarez and Guillermo Moscoso and probably not Gregor Blanco (but he was mentioned already)
Buried in a story about Ryan Braun’s participation in the WBC was a list of other Brewers’ players expected to take part. They include Yovani Gallardo for Mexico (who I’ve now moved up to possibly/likely) and his countryman Marco Estrada, Canadians John Axford and Jim Henderson, and the previously-mentioned Martin Maldonado.
Similarly, buried in a story about Tulowitzki possibly playing in the WBC is a note that Andrew McCutchen is “expected” to play in the WBC. So I’m putting him in the possibly/likely category. LATER ON TODAY, IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT HE ACTUALLY HAD DECLINED.
LATER IN THE DAY, Jonathan Lucroy of the Brewers tweeted that he’d be in the WBC for Team USA. This presumably means that either Matt Wieters and/or Buster Posey has declined, as I had Lucroy at 4 on my Team USA depth chart.

As usual, the whole list is below the jump.

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Who’s in/out/in-between of the World Baseball Classic as of 3:40 PM of Jan. 9, 2013

Posted on January 9, 2013 by danglickman

Spanning the internet to bring you the latest WBC news and notes:

Troy Tulowitzki still wants in for Team USA, and swears his injuries last season won’t be a problem. So I’m moving him up from under consideration to possibly/likely, with the “injury worry” caveat.
For our friends up north, a good portion of your roster will likely be revealed on Saturday at an awards banquet. However, Mop-Up Duty retweeted that Tim Smith of the Orioles organization is expected to be with the Canadians in the WBC. So I’m placing him in possibly/likely.
Joel Hanrahan won’t be playing for Team USA in the WBC, for the very good reason that he and his wife are expecting their first child in March. Congratulations to the Hanrahans.
Alex Anthopoulos, GM of the Blue Jays, says Melky Cabrera is not expected to play for the Dominican Republic in the WBC. He reconfirms that Jose Reyes and Edwin Encarnacion will likely be in, though.

As usual, the full list is after the jump:

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

The first 23 players of Team Canada have been revealed

Also, the probably-final roster for the Korean National Team at the WBC

Yes, the Canadians are revealing (most of) their roster today

Who’s in/out/in-between of the World Baseball Classic as of 11:18 AM of Jan. 12, 2013

Who’s in/out/in-between of the World Baseball Classic as of 2:30 PM of Jan. 11, 2013

Six days or so until 28-man rosters come out for the World Baseball Classic

I’ve updated today’s earlier WBC news.

Who’s in/out/in-between of the World Baseball Classic as of 1:19 PM of Jan. 10, 2013 (updated AT 4:31 PM)

Who’s in/out/in-between of the World Baseball Classic as of 3:40 PM of Jan. 9, 2013

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