World Baseball Network’s ledger guide for the 2025 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers with a where to watch and social media pages outline from countries’ federations and other media pages.
All WBC Qualifier games will stream live on the World Baseball Classic website, as well as on its Facebook page, MLB.TV, and YouTube channel, with coverage running through the final out of the second qualifier in Tucson, Ariz, on March 6.
Fans can also follow the World Baseball Classic across various social media platforms for real-time updates, highlights, and tournament news. The official accounts include Twitter/X, Instagram, and Facebook, where additional content, including behind-the-scenes coverage and player interviews, will be available throughout the tournament.
Understanding Player Eligibility Rules
While Germany’s roster features 15 players born in the country, others qualify through World Baseball Classic eligibility rules, which allow players to represent a nation if they were born there, hold citizenship or permanent residency, or have a parent or grandparent with ties to the country. Players can also qualify if they have previously competed for a country in a WBC event or meet the legal requirements for obtaining citizenship.
These regulations explain why Brazil-born Christian Pedrol and U.S.-born Jaden Agassi are eligible to represent Germany in the tournament. Agassi, the son of Tennis Hall of Famers Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, qualifies through his mother’s German heritage.
International player eligibility is a key factor for multiple teams in the World Baseball Classic Qualifiers. Brazil, competing in the second WBCQ in Tucson, Arizona, features several non-Brazilian-born players, including Dante Bichette Jr. from Orlando, Florida, Arthur Tsujiguchi from Tokyo, Japan, Hector Villarroel from Anzoátegui, Venezuela, Lucas Ramirez from Weston, Florida, and Yusuke Enzo Sawayama from Hamamatsu, Japan. Bichette Jr. is the son of former MLB slugger Dante Bichette Sr. and the brother of Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette. Ramirez is the son of two-time World Series champion Manny Ramirez.
China, also playing in Tucson, has two foreign-born players on its WBCQ roster with Jeremy Wu-Yelland from Seattle, Washington, and Yanlun Zhang from Singapore.
A complete breakdown of WBC player eligibility can be found here.
Spain’s 2025 WBCQ Roster & International Player Eligibility
Spain’s official roster for the 2025 WBCQ is located on World Baseball Classic.
Spain’s 2025 WBCQ roster features 27 players born outside of Spain, with 10 from Venezuela, nine from the Dominican Republic, six from Cuba, one from Colombia, and one from the United States. The roster includes players competing in professional leagues worldwide, the minor leagues with Major League Baseball organizations, independent leagues in the United States and Canada, and the División de Honor de Béisbol, which is operated by RFEBS.
Starting pitcher Jorge Balboa is the only Spanish-born player on Spain’s roster for the 2025 WBCQ.
Anderson De León, Fernando Báez, Wander Encarnación, Engel Beltré, Rhiner Cruz, Yeudy García, Edison Valerio, Edgar Rondón, and Ramón Rosso, all from the Dominican Republic, are on Spain’s WBCQ roster.
Catcher Andrés Angulo is the only Colombian player on Spain’s WBCQ roster.
Frank Hernández, Félix Stevens, Elián Leyva, Orlando Rodríguez, Yoanner Negrín, and Pablo Guillén are from Cuba.
Spain’s WBCQ roster includes 10 Venezuelan players: Rusber Estrada, Gabriel Lino, Daniel Jiménez, Jesús Ustariz, Luis Guillorme, Elio Silva, José Campos, Carlos Colmenarez, Daniel Álvarez, and Andrés Pérez.
Initially, Luis Guillorme was listed on the roster, but he was removed after signing a minor league contract with the Houston Astros on Feb. 13, according to a report by Fernando Rayo of 8DeportivoTN8 in Nicaragua.
Luis Guillorme is out OF Spain ???????? roster after for the WBC Qualifier after his minor league deal with Astros. pic.twitter.com/LclYfYPuxu
— Fernando Rayo (@Rayo2Fer) February 14, 2025
The only U.S.-born player on Spain’s roster is Christopher Kwitzer, a native of New York City.
Spain’s manager, Nelson Prada, leads a coaching staff that includes bench coach Nestor Perez, pitching coach Manuel Olivera, bullpen coach Eduardo Dominguez, first base coach Aritz Garcia, and third base coach Candelario Diaz..
Germany’s 2025 WBCQ Roster & International Player Eligibility
Germany’s official roster for the 2025 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers is available on MLB’s World Baseball Classic website.
The team is managed by Jendrick Speer, with a coaching staff that includes bench coach Maurice Wilhelm, hitting coach Alexander Baham, pitching coach Clemens Cichocki, bullpen coach Mike Bolsenbroek, infield coach Octavio Medina, and bullpen catcher Maurice Bendrien.
German Born-Players
Joe Cedano De Leon (Bad Homburg, Germany)
Jake Gilbert (Hedelberg, Germany)
Marcel Giraud (Karlsruhe, Germany)
Simon Gross (Berlin, Germany)
Mark Harrision (Paderborn, Germany)
Sascha Koch (Troisdorf, Germany)
Niklas Rimmel (Berlin, Germany)
Sven Schueller (Wuppertal, Germany)