2026 World Baseball Classic rosters unveiled

International competition may just be the theme of the sports world in 2026, and the return of the World Baseball Classic is a major part of the best-on-best action lined up for this year.

After the thrilling 2023 tournament ended with Shohei Ohtani striking out his then-teammate Mike Trout to clinch victory for Japan, the baseball world has been clamouring for the next edition of the Classic to take the field.

While the first pitch of the WBC won't be thrown until March 5 between Chinese Taipei and Australia, the rosters for each country are set to be announced on Thursday night as the 2026 event approaches.

All games will be available on Sportsnet or Sportsnet+.

Follow along on Sportsnet.ca as we track which players are revealed during the announcement show on MLB Network.

Pool A — San Juan, Puerto Rico

Pool A will play its round-robin between March 6 and 11 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium.

Canada

Pitchers: Philippe Aumont, Jordan Balazovic, Eric Cerantola, Indigo Diaz, Carter Loewen, Cal Quantrill, Noah Skirrow, Michael Soroka, Jameson Taillon, Logan Allen, Micah Ashman, Antoine Jean, Adam Macko, James Paxton, Matt Wilkinson, Rob Zastryzny

Catchers: Liam Hicks, Bo Naylor

Infielders: Matt Davidson, Adam Hall, Edouard Julien, Otto Lopez, Josh Naylor, Abraham Toro, Tyler Black

Outfielders: Owen Caissie, Denzel Clarke, Tyler O'Neill, Jacob Robson, Jared Young

Colombia

Pitchers: Elkin Alcala, Austin Bergner, Danis Correa, Nabil Crismatt, Pedro Garcia, Tayron Guerrero, David Lorduy, Emerson Martinez, Luis Patiño, John Romero, Julio Teheran, Guillo Zuñiga, Adrian Almeida, Rio Gomez, Yapson Gomez, Jose Quintana, Reiver Sanmartin

Catchers: Jorge Alfaro, Elias Díaz, Carlos Martinez

Infielders: Michael Arroyo, Jordan Diaz, Dayan Frias, Reynaldo Rodríguez, Donovan Solano

Outfielders: Brayan Buelvas, Gustavo Campero, Jesus Marriaga, Harold Ramirez

Cuba

Pitchers: Frank Alvarez, Josimar Cousin, Yoan López, Yariel Rodríguez, Luis Romero Jr., Naykel Cruz, Randy Martinez, Darien Núñez, Emmanuel Chapman, Denny Larrondo, Raidel Martínez, Osiel Rodríguez, Pedro Santos, Daviel Hurtado, Liván Moinelo, Julio Robaina

Catchers: Omar Hernandez, Andrys Pérez

Infielders: Erisbel Barbaro Arruebarrena, Yiddi Cappe, Ariel Martinez, Yoán Moncada, Malcom Nuñez, Alexei Ramírez, Alexander Vargas, Yoel Yanqui

Outfielders: Alfredo Despaigne, Yoelquis Guibert, Leonel Moa, Roel Santos

Panama

Pitchers: Dario Agrazal, Paolo Espino, Miguel Gómez, Ariel Jurado, Abdiel Mendoza, Logan Allen, Miguel Cienfuegos, Kenny Hernández, Jaime Barria, Jorge García, Javy Guerra, Humberto Mejía, Erian Rodríguez, Alberto Baldonado, James González, Andy Otero

Catchers: Miguel Amaya, Leo Bernal, Iván Herrera, Christian Bethancourt

Infielders: Jonathan Araúz, José Caballero, Johan Camargo, Leo Jiménez, Edmundo Sosa, Rubén Tejada

Outfielders: Enrique Bradfield, Allen Córdoba, Jose Ramos, Jhonny Santos

Puerto Rico

Pitchers: Fernando Cruz, Edwin Díaz, Rico Garcia, Seth Lugo, Angel Reyes, Elmer Rodríguez, Raymond Burgos, Eduardo Rivers, José De León, José Espdada, Jorge López, Luis Quinones, Yacksel Ríos, Ricardo Velez, Jovani Morán, Gabriel Rodríguez

Catchers: Martín Maldonado, Christian Vázquez

Infielders: Nolan Arenado, Edwin Arroyo, Darrell Hernáiz, Emmanuel Rivera, Luis Vázquez

Outfielders: Willi Castro, Carlos Cortes, Matthew Lugo, MJ Melendez, Heliot Ramos, Eddie Rosario, Bryan Torres

Pool B — Houston, Texas

Pool B will play its round-robin between March 6 and 11 at Daikin Park.

Brazil

Pitchers: Pietro Albanez, Joseph Contreras, Murilo Gouvea, Tomas Lopez, Eric Pardinho, Thyago Vieira, Oscar Massaki Nakaoshi, Hector Villarroel, Gabriel Barbosa, Tiago Da Silva, Pedro Lemos, Daniel Missaki, Rodrigo Takahashi, Hugo Kanabushi, Enzo Yusuke Sawayama

Catchers: Gabriel Carmo, Gabriel Gomes, Enzo Hayashida, Matheus Lelis Silva

Infielders: Leonardo Reginatto, Vitor Ito, Felipe Korago, Felipe Mitsuro Mizukosi, Tiago Nishiyama, Lucas Rojo, Alphonse Dante Bichette Jr.

Outfielders: Osvaldo Carvalho, Victor Mascai, Lucas Ramirez, Gabriel Maciel

Great Britain

Pitchers: Jack Anderson, Tristan Beck, Chavez Fernander, Antonio Knowles, Ryan Long, Jack Seppings, Najer Victor, Owen Wild, Nick Wells, Brendan Beck, Donovan Benoit, Gary Gill Hill, Miles Langhorne, Michael Peterson, Graham Spraker, Tyler Viza, Vance Worley

Catchers: Willis Cresswell, Harry Ford

Infielders: Jazz Chisholm Jr., Nate Eaton, Lucius Fox, Ivan Johnson, Ian Lewis Jr., BJ Murray, Nick Ward

Outfielders: Matt Koperniak, Kristian Robinson, Trayce Thompson, Justin Wylie

Italy

Pitchers: Dan Altavilla, Dylan DeLucia, Alessandro Ercolani, Matt Festa, Gordon Graceffo, Alek Jacob, Michael Lorenzen, Ron Marinaccio, Kyle Nicolas, Aaron Nola, Adam Ottavino, Gabriele Quattrini, Greg Weissert, Sam Aldegheri, Joe La Sorsa

Catchers: Camden Mineo, Kyle Teel

Infielders: Sam Antonacci, Jon Berti, Zach Dezenzo, Andrew Fischer, Giaconino Lasarcina, Vinnie Pasquantino, Thomas Saggese

Outfielders: Jac Caglianone, Dominic Canzone, Jakob Marsee, Nick Marabito, Dante Nori, Miles Mastrobuoni

Mexico

Pitchers: Javier Assad, Taj Bradley, Alex Carrillo, Jesus Cruz, Daniel Duarte, Luis Gastelum, Andrés Muñoz, Gerardo Reyes, José Urquidy, Victor Vodnik, Taijuan Walker, Alexander Armenta, Brennan Bernardino, Robert Garcia, Samy Natera Jr.

Catchers: Alejandro Kirk, Alexis Wilson

Infielders: Jonathan Aranda, Nick Gonzalez, Joey Meneses, Joey Ortiz, Jared Serna, Rowdy Tellez, Luis Urías, Ramon Urías

Outfielders: Randy Arozarena, Jarren Duran, Julián Ornelas, Alejandro Osuna, Alek Thomas

United States

Pitchers: David Bednar, Griffin Jax, Nolan McLean, Joe Ryan, Michael Wacha, Garrett Whitlock, Garrett Cleavinger, Tarik Skubal, Clay Holmes, Brad Keller, Mason Miller, Paul Skenes, Logan Webb, Matt Boyd, Clayton Kershaw, Gabe Speier

Catchers: Cal Raleigh, Will Smith

Infielders: Alex Bregman, Ernie Clement, Paul Goldschmidt, Bryce Harper, Gunnar Henderson, Brice Turang, Bobby Witt Jr.

Outfielders: Aaron Judge, Byron Buxton, Corbin Carroll, Pete Crow-Armstrong

Designated hitter: Kyle Schwarber

Pool C — Tokyo, Japan

Pool C will play its round-robin between March 5 and 10 at the Tokyo Dome.

Australia

Pitchers: Kieren Hall, Ky Hampton, Sam Holland, Connor MacDonald, Mitch Neunborn, Warwick Saupold, Todd Van Steensel, Coen Wynne, Josh Hendrickson, Jon Kennedy, Cooper Morgan, Jack O'Loughlin, Blake Townsend, Alex Wells, Lachlan Wells

Catchers: Mitch Edwards, Alex Hall, Robbie Perkins

Infielders: Travis Bazzana, George Callil, Jarryd Dale, Curtis Mead, Logan Wade, Rixon Wingrove

Outfielders: Ulrich Bojarski, Tim Kennelly, Aaron Whitefield

Utility: Max Durrington, Robbie Glendinning

Chinese Taipei

Pitchers: Yi Chang, Po-Yu Chen, Hao-Chun Cheng, Ruei-Yang Gu Lin, Jo-Hsi Hsu, Kai-Wei Lin, Shih-Hsiang Lin, Tzu-Chen Sha, Yi-Lei Sun, Jyun-Yue Tseng, Jun-Wei Zhang, Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang, Kuan-Yu Chen, Yu-Min Lin, Wei-En Lin

Catchers: Shao-Hung Chiang, Kungkuan Giljegiljaw, Lyle Lin

Infielders: Yu Chang, Tsung-Che Cheng, Kun-Yu Chiang, Hao-Yu Lee, Jonathan Long, Nien-Ting Wu, Tzu-Wei Lin

Outfielders: Chen-Wei Chen, Chieh-Hsien Chen, Stuart Fairchild, An-Ko Lin

Czechia

Pitchers: Filip Capka, Filip Kollmann, Marek Minarik, Daniel Padysak, Martin Schneider, Boris Vecerka, Tomáš Duffek, Jan Novak, Lukas Hlouch, Michael Kovala, Tomas Ondra, Ondrej Satoria, Ondrej Vank, Jeff Barto, Lukas Ercoli

Catchers: Matous Bubenik, Martin Cervenka, Martin Zelenka

Infielders: Martin Cervinka, Ryan Johnson, Vojtech Mensik, Martin Muzik, Jan Pospisil, Milan Prokop, Terrin Vavra

Outfielders: Marek Chlup, William Escala, Marek Krejcirik, Max Prejda, Michal Šindelka

Japan

Pitchers: Daichi Ishii, Koki Kitayama, Taisei Ota, Kaima Taira, Atsuki Taneichi, Yusei Kikuchi, Hiroya Miyagi, Hiromi Itoh, Yuki Matsumoto, Tomoyuki Sugano, Hiroto Takahashi, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Yuki Matsui, Ryuhei Sotani

Catchers: Yuhei Nakamura, Seishiro Sakamoto, Kenya Wakatsuki

Infielders: Sosuke Genda, Kaito Kozono, Shugo Maki, Munetaka Murakami, Kazuma Okamoto, Teruaki Soto

Outfielders: Kensuke Kondo, Shoto Morishita, Ukyo Shuto, Seiya Suzuki, Masataka Yoshida

Utility: Taisei Makihara

Designated hitter: Shohei Ohtani

Korea

Pitchers: Dane Dunning, Been Gwak, Byeong Hyeon Jo, Kyung Eun Noh, Yeong Hyun Park, Tae In Won, Hyun Jin Ryu, Seung Ki Song, Woo Suk Go, Woo Joo Jeong, Young Pyo Ko, Riley O'Brien, Hyeong Jun So, Young Kyu Kim, Ju Young Son

Catchers: Jae Hoon Choi, Dong Won Park

Infielders: Hyeseong Kim, Do Yeong Kim, Ju Won Kim, Bo Gyeong Moon, Si Hwan Roh, Min Jae Shin, Shay Whitcomb

Outfielders: Hyun Min Ahn, Jahmai Jones, Ja Wook Koo, Jung-Hoo Lee, Hyun Bin Moon, Hae Min Park

Pool D — Miami, Florida

Pool D will play its round-robin between March 6 and 11 at Loan Depot Park.

Dominican Republic

Pitchers: Albert Abreu, Elis Alvarado, Huascar Brazobán, Camilo Doval, Dennis Santana, Edwin Uceta, Wandy Peralta, Gregory Soto, Sandy Alcántara, Brayan Bello, Seranthony Domínguez, Carlos Estévez, Luis Severino, Abner Uribe, Cristopher Sánchez

Catchers: Agustín Ramírez, Austin Wells

Infielders: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Carlos Santana, Ketel Marte, Amed Rosario, Junior Caminero, Manny Machado, Jeremy Pena, Geraldo Perdomo

Outfielders: Oneil Cruz, Julio Rodriguez, Johan Rojas, Juan Soto, Fernando Tatis

Israel

Pitchers: Charlie Beilenson, Josh Blum, Matt Bowman, Harrison Cohen, Daniel Federman, Jordan Geber, Tommy Kahnle, Dean Kremer, Max Lazar, Carlos Lequerica, Josh Mallitz, Eli Morgan, Ben Simon, Robert Stock, Zack Weiss, Rob Kaminsky, Ryan Prager

Catchers: CJ Stubbs, Garrett Stubbs

Infielders: Cole Carrigg, Jake Gelof, Spencer Horwitz, Noah Mendlinger, Matt Mervis, Benjamin Rosengard

Outfielders: Harrison Bader, Troy Johnston, Zach Levenson, Assaf Lowengart, RJ Schreck

Netherlands

Pitchers: Jaydenn Estanista, Wendell Floranus, Arij Fransen, Lars Huijer, Kenley Jansen, Antwone Kelly, Jaitoine Kelly, Kevin Kelly, Shairon Martis, Eric Mendez, Justin Morales, Shawndrick Oduber, JC Sulbaran, Derek West, Dylan Wilson, Jamdrick Cornelia, Ryjeteri Merite

Catchers: Hendrik Clementina, Chadwick Tromp

Infielders: Ozzie Albies, Xander Bogaerts, Didi Gregorius, Juremi Profar, Sharlon Schoop

Outfielders: Dayson Croes, Druw Jones, Jurickson Profar

Utility: Ceddanne Rafaela, Ray-Patrick Didder, Delano Selassa

Nicaragua

Pitchers: Kenword Burton, Osman Gutierrez, Ronald Medrano, JC Ramírez, Carlos Rodríguez, Danilo Bermudez, Oscar Rayo, Stiven Cruz, Duque Hebbert, Angel Obando, Erasmo Ramírez, Bryan Torres, Dilmer Mejia, Carlos Teller

Catchers: Melvin Novoa, Ronald Rivera

Infielders: Benjamin Alegria, Cheslor Cuthbert, Jeter Downs, Brandon Leytón, Jose Orozco, Elian Rayo, Emanuel Trujillo, Mark Vientos, Freddy Zamora

Outfielders: Chase Dawson, Omar Mendoza, Juan Montes, Ismael Munguia, Cristhian Sandoval

Venezuela

Pitchers: Eduard Bazardo, Yoendrys Gómez, Pablo López, Germán Márquez, Daniel Palencia, Jose Alvarado, Oddanier Mosqueda, Ricardo Sánchez, Angel Zerpa, José Buttó, Carlos Guzman, Andrés Machado, Keider Montero, Antonio Senzatela, Emmanuel De Jesus, Eduardo Rodríguez, Ranger Suárez

Catchers: William Contreras, Salvador Perez

Infielders: Luis Arraez, Willson Contreras, Maikel Garcia, Andrés Giménez, Eugenio Suárez, Gleyber Torres, Ezequiel Tovar

Outfielders: Wilyer Abreu, Ronald Acuña Jr., Jackson Chourio

Utility: Javier Sanoja