All 20 teams competing in the World Baseball Classic (WBC) will feature players from Major League Baseball (MLB), with all 30 MLB clubs fielding multiple participants in this premier international baseball tournament. In total, 190 major league players are set to take part in the WBC.
Among the teams, the Seattle Mariners lead with 16 players representing them, closely followed by the Philadelphia Phillies with 15. On the lower end, the Washington Nationals have just two players involved, and the Houston Astros have three.
The WBC, taking place from March 5th to 17th, is notable for showcasing an incredible amount of talent, including reigning MVPs like Aaron Judge from the U.S. and Shohei Ohtani from Japan, as well as Cy Young winners Tarik Skubal and Paul Skeens from America.
A record 78 All-Star players will compete, with Team USA selecting a historic 15 All-Stars for the 2025 tournament. The Dominican Republic follows with eight All-Stars chosen.
Here’s a breakdown of MLB players participating in the WBC, listed by team:
Blue Jays (12 players): Ernie Clement (USA), Willis Cresswell (UK), Andres Jimenez (Venezuela), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Dominican Republic), Leo Jimenez (Panama), Alejandro Kirk (Mexico), Adam Macko (Canada), Ismael Munguia (Nicaragua), Kazuma Okamoto (Japan), Yariel Rodriguez (Cuba), RJ Schreck (Israel), CJ Stubbs (Israel).
Orioles (10): Mika Ashman (Canada), Enrique Bradfield Jr. (Panama), Nikel Cruz (Cuba), Jose Espada (Puerto Rico), Rico Garcia (Puerto Rico), Gunnar Henderson (USA), Dean Kramer (Israel), Ryan Long (UK), Tyler O’Neill (Canada), Luis Vasquez (Puerto Rico).
Rays (8): Jonathan Aranda (Mexico), Junior Caminero (Dominican Republic), Garrett Cleavinger (USA), Gary Gill Hill (UK), Jendris Gomez (Venezuela), Griffin Jacks (USA), Edwin Uceta (Dominican Republic), Owen Wilde (UK).
Red Sox (14): Wylya Abreu (Venezuela), Jack Anderson (UK), Brayan Bello (Dominican Republic), Wilson Contreras (Venezuela), Jarren Duran (Mexico), Nate Eaton (UK), Tyrone Guerrero (Colombia), Giovani Moran (Puerto Rico), Sedanne Raffaella (Netherlands), Eduardo Rivera (Puerto Rico), Ranger Suarez (Venezuela), Greg Weissert (Italy), Garrett Whitlock (USA), Masataka Yoshida (Japan).
Yankees (11): Brendan Beck (UK), David Bednar (USA), Jose Caballero (Panama), Jazz Chisholm Jr. (UK), Harrison Cohen (Israel), Fernando Cruz (Puerto Rico), Camilo Doval (Dominican Republic), Aaron Judge (USA), Elmer Rodriguez (Puerto Rico), Amed Rosario (Dominican Republic), Austin Wells (Dominican Republic).
Guardians (9): Logan Allen (Panama), Travis Bazana (Australia), Dylan DeLucia (Italy), Stuart Fairchild (Chinese Taipei), Matt Festa (Italy), Frias (Colombia), Beau Naylor (Canada), Ryan Prager (Israel), Matt Wilkinson (Canada).
Royals (14): Jorge Alfaro (Colombia), Jack Carianone (Italy), Eric Cerantola (Canada), Carlos Estevez (Dominican Republic), Michael Garcia (Venezuela), Omar Hernandez (Cuba), Seth Lugo (Puerto Rico), Eli Morgan (Israel), Vinny Pascantino (Italy), Salvador Perez (Venezuela), Oscar Rayo (Nicaragua), Abraham Toro (Canada), Michael Wacha (USA), Bobby Witt Jr. (USA).
Tigers (10): Emmanuel de Jesus (Venezuela), Go Woo Seok (Korea), Duque Hebert (Nicaragua), Kenley Jansen (Netherlands), Jamai Jones (Korea), Hao Yu Lee (Chinese Taipei), Carlos Requerica (Israel), Kayder Montero (Venezuela), Tariq Skubal (USA), Gleyber Torres (Venezuela).
Twins (7): Dan Altavilla (Italy), Matt Bowman (Israel), Taj Bradley (Mexico), Byron Buxton (USA), Pablo Lopez (Venezuela), Luis Quinones (Puerto Rico), Joe Ryan (USA).
White Sox (5): Sam Antonacci (Italy), Seranthony Dominguez (Dominican Republic), Curtis Mead (Australia), Munetaka Murakami (Japan), Kyle Thiel (Italy).
Angels (8): Sam Aldegheri (Italy), Gustavo Campero (Colombia), Yusei Kikuchi (Japan), [Player from Puerto Rico – name missing], Yoan Moncada (Cuba), Sammy Natella Jr. (Mexico), Lucas Ramirez (Brazil), Nagel Victor (UK).
Astros (3): Zach Desenzo (Italy), Jeremy Peña (Dominican Republic), Shay Wicom (Korea).
Athletics (12): Elvis Alvarado (Dominican Republic), Brayan Buervas (Colombia), Denzel Clarke (Canada), Carlos Cortes (Puerto Rico), Max Darrington (Australia), James Gonzalez (Panama), Darrell Hernaiz (Puerto Rico), Lin Wein (Chinese Taipei), Joey Meneses (Mexico), Luis Severino (Dominican Republic), Tzuchen Sha (Chinese Taipei), Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang (Chinese Taipei).
Mariners (16): Randy Arozarena (Mexico), Michael Arroyo (Colombia), Eduardo Bazardo (Venezuela), Charlie Beilenson (Israel), Dominic Canzone (Italy), Pedro da Costa Lemos (Brazil), Dane Dunning (Korea), Miles Mastrobuoni (Italy), Abdiel Mendoza (Panama), Andres Muñoz (Mexico), Josh Naylor (Canada), Cal Lowry (USA), Julio Rodriguez (Dominican Republic), Gabe Speer (USA), Dylan Wilson (Netherlands), Guillo Zuniga (Colombia).
Rangers (8): Austin Bergner (Colombia), Nabil Crismat (Colombia), Robert Garcia (Mexico), Daniel Misaki (Brazil), Alejandro Osuna (Mexico), Cal Quantrill (Canada), Blake Townsend (Australia), Ricardo Velez (Puerto Rico).
Braves (5): Ronald Acuña Jr. (Venezuela), Ozzie Albies (Netherlands), Javy Guerra (Panama), Jurickson Profile (Netherlands), Chadwick Tromp (Netherlands).
Marlins (11): Sandy Alcantara (Dominican Republic), Owen Casey (Canada), Idi Cappe (Cuba), Liam Hicks (Canada), Ian Lewis (UK), Otto Lopez (Canada), Jacob [surname?] (Italy), Michael Petersen (UK), Agustin Ramirez (Dominican Republic), Javier Sanoja (Venezuela), Jared Serna (Mexico).
Mets (17): Josh Blum (Israel), Huascar Brazoban (Dominican Republic), Alex Carrillo (Mexico), Jamdrik Cornelia (Netherlands), Daniel Duarte (Mexico), Jordan Gebel (Israel), Carlos Guzman (Venezuela), Clay Holmes (USA), David Hurtado (Cuba), Nolan MacLean (USA), Nick Morabito (Italy), Jose Ramos (Panama), Benjamin Simon (Israel), Juan Soto (Dominican Republic), Robert Stock (Israel), Mark Vientos (Nicaragua), Jared Young (Canada).
Nationals (2): Harry Ford (UK), Matt Mervis (Israel).
Phillies (15): Jose Alvarado (Venezuela), Gabriel Barbosa (Brazil), Jayden Estanista (Netherlands), Bryce Harper (USA), Brad Keller (USA), Max Lazar (Israel), Mitch Newborn (Australia), Aaron Nola (Italy), Dante Noli (Italy), Johan Rojas (Dominican Republic), Christopher Sanchez (Dominican Republic), Kyle Schwarber (USA), Edmundo Sosa (Panama), Garrett Stubbs (Israel), Taijuan Walker (Mexico).
Brewers (14): Tyler Black (Canada), Jackson Chorio (Venezuela), William Contreras (Venezuela), Steven Cruz (Nicaragua), Andrew Fisher (Italy), Miles Langhorne (UK), Joey Ortiz (Mexico), Carlos Rodriguez (Nicaragua), Jack Seppings (UK), Bryce Turan (USA), Abner Uribe (Dominican Republic), Freddy Zamora (Nicaragua), Rob Zastrizny (Canada), Angel Zerpa (Venezuela).
Cardinals (10): Leo Bernal (Panama), Luis Gastel (Mexico), Gordon Gracefo (Italy), Ivan Herrera (Panama), Matt Koperniak (UK), Zach Levenson (Israel), Noah Mendlinger (Israel), Riley O’Brien (Korea), Thomas Sagesse (Italy), Brian Torres (Puerto Rico).
Cubs (13): Miguel Amaya (Panama), Javier Asado (Mexico), Christian Bethancourt (Panama), Matthew Boyd (USA), Alex Bregman (USA), Pete Crow Armstrong (USA), Jonathon Long (Chinese Taipei), BJ Murray (UK), Daniel Palencia (Venezuela), Yaxel Rios (Puerto Rico), Elian Rodriguez (Panama), Seiya Suzuki (Japan), Jameson Taillon (Canada).
Pirates (14): Pietro Albanes (Brazil), Emmanuel Chapman (Cuba), Poyu Chen (Chinese Taipei), O’Neal Cruz (Dominican Republic), Alessandro Ercolani (Italy), Nick Gonzalez (Mexico), Spencer Horwitz (Israel), Antoine Kelly (Netherlands), Joe La Sorsa (Italy), Odaniel Mosqueda (Venezuela), Kyle Nicholas (Italy), Dennis Santana (Dominican Republic), Paul Skeens (USA), Gregory Soto (Dominican Republic).
Reds (6): Edwin Arroyo (Puerto Rico), Ivan Johnson (UK), David Loduy (Colombia), Ligeteri Merritt (Netherlands), Eugenio Suarez (Venezuela), Alexander Vargas (Cuba).
Diamondbacks (12): Nolan Arenado (Puerto Rico), Corbin Carroll (USA), Indigo Diaz (Canada), Drew Jones (Netherlands), Jaytoine Kelly (Netherlands), Lin Yuming (Chinese Taipei), Ketel Marte (Dominican Republic), Gerardo Perdomo (Dominican Republic), Christian Robinson (UK), Eduardo Rodriguez (Venezuela), Michael Soroka (Canada), Alec Thomas (Mexico).
(8): Edwin Diaz (Puerto Rico), Jake Geroff (Israel), Kim Hye-sung (Korea), Antonio Knowles (UK), Schondrik Odover (Netherlands), Shohei Ohtani (Japan), Will Smith (USA), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Japan).
Giants (9): Luis Arraez (Venezuela), Harrison Bader (Israel), Tristan Beck (UK), Jose Butto (Venezuela), Dayson Cross (Netherlands), Lee Jung Hoo (Korea), Herriot Ramos (Puerto Rico), Labor San Martin (Colombia), Logan Webb (USA).
Padres (11): Xander Bogaerts (Netherlands), Miguel Cienfuegos (Panama), Alec Jacob (Italy), Carter Rowen (Canada), Manny Machado (Dominican Republic), Josh Maritz (Israel), Ron Marinaccio (Italy), Yuki Matsui (Japan), Mason Miller (USA), Wandy Peralta (Dominican Republic), Fernando Tatis Jr. (Dominican Republic).
Rockies (10): Brennan Bernardino (Mexico), Cole Carrig (Israel), Willi Castro (Puerto Rico), Antoine Jean (Canada), Troy Johnston (Israel), Edouard Julien (Canada), Michael Lorenzen (Italy), Antonio Sensatella (Venezuela), Ezequiel Tobal (Venezuela), Victor Vodnik (Mexico).
Fan Take: The extensive participation of MLB players in the World Baseball Classic highlights the tournament’s rising stature as a premier global baseball competition. This event not only unites international talent but also provides fans with a unique chance to see their favorite stars representing diverse countries, ultimately growing the sport’s global appeal and inspiring the next generation of players worldwide.
