The World Baseball Classic returns this March, following a two-year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be a star studded tournament with loads of MLB talent. Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Juan Soto are among the big names participating.
Baseball fans will be in for a treat. MLB Network reporter Jon Morosi is among those who are excited about the tournament.
“This is going to be the best international baseball tournament ever,” Morosi said on MLB Network Thursday. “There has never been this amount of talent in the baseball world. We’ve never had this amount of the best players all playing in the World Baseball Classic.”
This is going to be the best international baseball tournament ever. – MLB Analyst Jon Morosi on the upcoming 2023 World Baseball Classic
This will be the fifth edition of the WBC. The tournament began in 2006, and regularly takes place every four years prior to the Major League Baseball season. The 2023 tournament was originally scheduled to be played in 2021.
The 2023 World Baseball Classic will begin on March 8. The championship will be decided on March 21.
Twenty countries qualified for this year’s WBC. Japan won the first two tournaments in 2006 and 2009. The Dominican Republic won in 2013 and finished as the runner-up to the United States in 2017.
Rosters are made up of top-level players from around the world. This includes the professional leagues in Japan, Korea, and both the American continents.
World Baseball Classic delayed two years due to COVID
