Arizona Diamondbacks standouts Corbin Carroll, Geraldo Perdomo, Ketel Marte and Nolan Arenado will take the field for their respective national teams next month for the upcoming World Baseball Classic, as the full rosters were revealed on Thursday.Â
Carroll is suiting up for Team USA, which is looking to rebound after losing the championship game to Japan in 2023, an epic finale that ended with Shohei Ohtani striking out his then-Angels teammate, Mike Trout. Carroll joins MLB superstars Aaron Judge, Cal Raleigh, Paul Skenes and Tarik Skubal on a revamped U.S. roster.
Perdomo and Marte will take their double-play combination to a stacked Dominican Republic team that has retooled after failing to get out of the group stage last time around. They are joined by new Diamondbacks first baseman Carlos Santana, who was the catcher for the WBC-winning 2013 Dominican squad.
Before Arenado makes his Diamondbacks debut following an offseason trade, the 10-time Gold Glover will perform for Puerto Rico. He played for Team USA at two previous World Baseball Classics (2017 and 2023) but is representing his mother’s heritage this time.
Outfield prospect Druw Jones will make his WBC debut for Team Netherlands, playing for manager Andruw Jones, his father and recent Hall of Fame inductee. They are the first father-son, manager-player duo in World Baseball Classic history.
Diamondbacks in the World Baseball Classic
OF Corbin Carroll
2B Ketel Marte
SS Geraldo Perdomo
1B Carlos Santana
LHP Eduardo Rodriguez
OF Alek Thomas
3B Nolan Arenado
RHP Michael Soroka
RHP Indigo Diaz (MiLB)
LHP Yu-Min Lin (MiLB)
OF Druw Jones (MiLB)
Kristian Robinson (MiLB)
In addition, Diamondbacks minor league hitting coordinator Brad Marcelino is managing Great Britain.
Notable former Diamondbacks in the tournament
Paul Goldschmidt – USA
Josh Naylor – Canada
Eugenio Suarez – Venezuela
Taijuan Walker – Mexico
Jazz Chisholm Jr. (top prospect) – Great Britain
World Baseball Classic format
Group play begins on March 5, while several national teams will play exhibition games at spring training complexes on March 3-4.
The Diamondbacks will host Team Mexico at Salt River Fields for a game on March 3. Team USA will face the San Francisco Giants on March 3 at Scottsdale Stadium and the Colorado Rockies on March 4 at Salt River Fields.
The participating teams and groups in the World Baseball Classic are:
Pool A: Cuba, Panama, Colombia, Canada, Puerto Rico
Pool B: United States, Mexico, Great Britain, Brazil, Italy
Pool C: Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Australia, Czechia
Pool D: Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Israel, Nicaragua, Netherlands
The top two teams in each group will advance.
