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An Updated List of Every Confirmed Player for the 2026 World Baseball Classic

Full World Baseball Classic rosters are set to be announced later tonight, but several players have already been confirmed ahead of the official reveal at 7 p.m. ET on MLB Network.

Multiple federations have released names in advance, offering an early look at the star power expected to headline the tournament, including MVP winners, Cy Young Award winners and established All-Stars.

Below is a country-by-country list of players confirmed as of Thursday afternoon

World Baseball Classic Confirmed Players By Team

Australia
IF Travis Bazzana
RHP Liam Hendriks

Brazil
RHP Tiago da Silva

Chinese Taipei
RHP Jo-Hsi Hsu
RHP Ruei-Yang Gu Lin
OF Chieh-Hsien Chen
IF Yu Chang
IF Jonathon Long
OF Stuart Fairchild
Yu-Min Lin

Colombia
LHP José Quintana
IF Jordan Díaz
RHP Luis Patiño
RHP Pedro García
RHP Yapson Gómez
LHP Reiver Sanmartín

Czech Republic
IF Terrin Vavra

Dominican Republic
RHP Sandy Alcantara
RHP Brayan Bello
RHP Huascar Brazobán
INF Junior Caminero
INF Oneil Cruz
RHP Seranthony Domínguez
RHP Camilo Doval
RHP Carlos Estévez
INF Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
INF Manny Machado
INF Ketel Marte
INF Jeremy Peña
LHP Wandy Peralta
INF Geraldo Perdomo
OF Julio Rodríguez
INF/OF Amed Rosario
LHP Cristopher Sánchez
INF Carlos Santana
RHP Dennis Santana
RHP Luis Severino
LHP Gregory Soto
OF Juan Soto
OF Fernando Tatis Jr.
RHP Edwin Uceta

Great Britain
INF Jazz Chisholm Jr.
RHP Tristan Beck
RHP Brendan Beck

Israel
RHP Dean Kremer
UTIL Garrett Stubbs
OF Harrison Bader
LHP Rob Kaminsky
IF Spencer Horwitz
RHP Robert Stock

Italy
IF Vinnie Pasquantino
C Kyle Teel
OF Jakob Marsee
IF Sam Antonacci
IF Zach Dezenzo
RHP Aaron Nola

Japan
TWP Shohei Ohtani
RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto
RHP Tomoyuki Sugano
RHP Hiromi Itoh
RHP Koki Kitayama
RHP Atsuki Taneichi
RHP Hiroto Takahashi
RHP Kaima Taira
RHP Yuki Matsumoto
RHP Daichi Ishii
RHP Taisei
LHP Yusei Kikuchi
LHP Yuki Matsui
LHP Hiroya Miyagi
LHP Ryuhei Sotani
C Seishiro Sakamoto
C Kenya Wakatsuki
C Yuhei Nakamura
1B Munetaka Murakami
2B Shugo Maki
3B Kazuma Okamoto
3B Teruaki Sato
SS Kaito Kozono
SS Sosuke Genda
OF Masataka Yoshida
OF Seiya Suzuki
OF Shota Morishita
OF Ukyo Shuto
OF Kensuke Kondoh
UTIL Taisei Makihara

South Korea
IF Shay Whitcomb

Mexico
IF Jonathan Aranda
IF Luis Urías
IF Ramón Urías
OF Randy Arozarena
OF Jarren Duran
C Alejandro Kirk
IF Joey Ortiz
OF Alejandro Osuna
OF Alek Thomas
RHP Javier Assad
RHP Taijuan Walker
RHP Andrés Muñoz

Netherlands
RHP Kevin Kelly

Nicaragua
IF Mark Vientos
RHP Carlos Rodríguez
IF Jeter Downs

Puerto Rico
IF Willi Castro
RHP Edwin Díaz
IF Nolan Arenado
RHP Elmer Rodríguez
RHP Fernando Cruz
RHP Yacksel Ríos
LHP Jovani Morán
LHP Luis Quiñones
OF Heliot Ramos

United States
INF Alex Bregman
OF Byron Buxton
OF Corbin Carroll
INF Ernie Clement
OF Pete Crow-Armstrong
INF Gunnar Henderson
RHP Clay Holmes
RHP Griffin Jax
OF Aaron Judge
RHP Brad Keller
LHP Clayton Kershaw
RHP Nolan McLean
RHP Mason Miller
C Cal Raleigh
RHP Joe Ryan
DH Kyle Schwarber
RHP Paul Skenes
LHP Tarik Skubal
C Will Smith
LHP Gabe Speier
INF Brice Turang
RHP Logan Webb
INF Bobby Witt Jr.

Venezuela
OF Wilyer Abreu
OF Ronald Acuña Jr.
OF Jackson Chourio
IF Maikel García
C Salvador Pérez

Photo: Miami’s LoanDepot Park will again host Pool Play and the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship games of the 2026 World Baseball Classic. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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